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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Hematologic Agents > Blood Substitutes
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomimetic Materials > Blood Substitutes

Preferred term

Blood Substitutes  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Artificial Blood
  • Artificial Bloods
  • Blood, Artificial
  • Bloods, Artificial

Note

  • PLASMA SUBSTITUTES is also available

Scope note

  • Substances that are used in place of blood, for example, as an alternative to BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS after blood loss to restore BLOOD VOLUME and oxygen-carrying capacity to the blood circulation, or to perfuse isolated organs.

History note

  • 81; was see PLASMA SUBSTITUTES 1963-80

In other languages

  • veren korvikkeet

    Finnish

  • veren korvike
  • verikorvike
  • verikorvikkeet
  • Blodersättningar

    Swedish

  • Artificiella röda blodkroppar
  • Artificiellt blod
  • Erytrocytomsättning
  • Konstgjorda röda blodkroppar
  • Konstgjort blod
  • Konstgjort hemoglobin

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001802

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