Biomaterial Database

Anaphylactoid reaction to pentastarch. 1999

G J McHugh

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010952	Plasma Substitutes	Any liquid used to replace blood plasma, usually a saline solution, often with serum albumins, dextrans or other preparations. These substances do not enhance the oxygen- carrying capacity of blood, but merely replace the volume. They are also used to treat dehydration.	Blood Expanders,Plasma Volume Expanders,Expanders, Blood,Expanders, Plasma Volume,Substitutes, Plasma,Volume Expanders, Plasma
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006895	Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives	Starches that have been chemically modified so that a percentage of OH groups are substituted with 2-hydroxyethyl ether groups.	Hetastarch,Elohes,HAES-steril,Hemohes,Hespan,Hydroxyethyl Starch (130 KD-0.4 Substitution),Hydroxyethyl Starch 130-0.4,Hydroxyethylated Starches,Pentafraction,Pentaspan,Pentastarch,Plasmasteril,Starches, 2-Hydroxyethyl,2-Hydroxyethyl Starches,Derivatives, Hydroxyethyl Starch,Hydroxyethyl Starch 130 0.4,Starch Derivatives, Hydroxyethyl,Starches, 2 Hydroxyethyl,Starches, Hydroxyethylated
D000707	Anaphylaxis	An acute hypersensitivity reaction due to exposure to a previously encountered ANTIGEN. The reaction may include rapidly progressing URTICARIA, respiratory distress, vascular collapse, systemic SHOCK, and death.	Anaphylactic Reaction,Anaphylactoid Reaction,Anaphylactoid Shock,Shock, Anaphylactic,Anaphylactic Reactions,Anaphylactic Shock,Anaphylactoid Reactions,Reaction, Anaphylactic,Reaction, Anaphylactoid,Shock, Anaphylactoid