On July 7, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new warnings regarding hydroxyethyl starch (HES) blood volume expanders. Specifically, the FDA is now requiring manufacturers to ...

The basic experimental model tested the ability of an infusion of human plasma to expand the normal plasma volume to a hypervolemic state and to maintain this expansion for several hours. The kinetics ...

When a U.S. soldier is wounded in combat, his lost blood is often replaced with Hextend®, a plasma expander developed by BioTime (www.biotimeinc.com). The high molecular weight plasma expander also is ...

Prevention of Plasma Expansion-induced Metabolic Acidosis: If, When and Why? It is not objectively possible to propose clear-cut guidelines on the basis of currently available data, but the following ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] Korea Union Pharmaceutical announced on the 13th that it has released the final report on the project "Production of Biocompatible Gelatin from Donpi and ...

New Orleans -- The need for blood transfusions on the battlefield presents a multitude of logistical problems. For cities removed from the fighting, the treatment of mass casualties where blood might ...

Although donors are compensated for the service and get a free physical, donating plasma has developed a certain stigma that prompted the local plasma center to attempt to dispel misinformation. Drew ...

Many studies have demonstrated the reality of plasma expanders-induced acidosis and their share of responsibility in metabolic acidosis observed postoperatively after major surgery and in intensive ...