blood substitute
Artificial transfusion fluid
A blood substitute is a synthetic or semi-synthetic substance designed to perform some functions of blood, particularly oxygen transport, in emergency transfusions.
Unlike donated blood, substitutes don't require matching blood types and can be stored longer.
No fully effective blood substitute has yet achieved widespread clinical use, though research continues: The trauma center tested a new blood substitute on critically injured patients.
- universal donorBlood compatible with anyone
- hemeIron-porphyrin complex in blood
- shelf lifeUsable storage duration
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- dextranBranched glucose polymer
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blood substitutewhole blood
Unfractionated circulatory fluid
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