An appraisal of polymerized pyridoxylated hemoglobin as an acellular oxygen carrier

Polymerized pyridoxylated hemoglobin provides a means of obtaining an acellular oxygen carrier that can be infused at a normal hemoglobin concentration, with a normal COP and is stable in vivo. We have also shown that rats can survive a total exchange transfusion with poly SFH-P (Sehgal et al, 1980). It thus become a prime candidate for further in vivo assessment of its oxygen transport characteristics.