Plasma Substitutes

Clarification in the Point/ Counterpoint Discussion Related to Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption/ Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Identification of Patients with Adenocarcinomas of the Prostate

our upper reference limit for this fraction in all patients. Gelatin-based plasma substitutes are denatured collagens and thus contain complex mixtures of proteins (4 ). Differences in composition among products might explain the distinct migration patterns seen, as well as the different absorbances at the wavelengths used by the CZE instruments. The proteinaceous nature of these plasma substit...

Detection and identification of plasma volume expanders based on polysaccharide structures in human urine combined with the analysis of the diuretic mannitol

Maxillary sinus lift with solely autogenous bone compared to a combination of autogenous bone and growth factors or (solely) bone substitutes. A systematic review.

Literature regarding the outcome of maxillary sinus floor elevation to create sufficient bone fraction to enable implant placement was systematically reviewed. Bone fraction and implant survival rate were assessed to determine whether grafting material or applied growth factor affected bone fraction. Trials where sinus floor elevations with autogenous bone (controls) were compared with autogeno...

Rheological properties of commonly used plasma substitutes during preoperative normovolaemic acute haemodilution.

Preoperative normovolaemic acute haemodilution (PNAH) is used to reduce major blood loss during elective surgery. Considerable attention has been paid to colloid osmotic pressure, index of diffusibility and intravascular half-life of the currently available substitutes, but there is little information on their rheological properties from in vivo studies. Forty patients undergoing elective aorti...

AN APPROACH TO TIrE PROBLEM OF INTRAVENOUS FOREIGN PROTEIN THERAPY

The antigenicity of foreign protein solutions complicates their employment either as plasma substitutes, or as nutritive agents. Recently interest has been aroused in the possibility of doing away with antigenicity, while retaining the great molecular weight of the protein. The present paper deals with the effects of light energy in the reduction of the antigenicity of horse serum, thus renderi...