Publisher's Synopsis
Nine chapters survey progress in the preparation, biomedical assessment, and clinical use of both plasma and red-cell blood substitutes. The articles emphasize current progress towards clinically acceptable materials. Among the topics discussed are the characteristics, effects, and side-effects of plasma substitutes, the physiological problems arising from hemorrhagic shock, the advantages of electrolyte solutions and colloids in volume replacement, and gas-transporting blood substitutes based on hemoglobin and emulsions of perfluorochemicals (PFCs).
