Biomaterial Database

[Past, present, future use of blood substitutes and plasma substitutes in Japan]. 1985

H Toyama

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007564	Japan	A country in eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The capital is Tokyo.	Bonin Islands
D008297	Male		Males
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
D010956	Plasmapheresis	Procedure whereby plasma is separated and extracted from anticoagulated whole blood and the red cells retransfused to the donor. Plasmapheresis is also employed for therapeutic use.	Double Filtration Plasmapheresis,Therapeutic Immunoadsorption,Therapeutic Plasma Adsorption,Therapeutic Plasmapheresis,Adsorption, Therapeutic Plasma,Adsorptions, Therapeutic Plasma,Double Filtration Plasmaphereses,Filtration Plasmapheresis, Double,Immunoadsorption, Therapeutic,Plasma Adsorption, Therapeutic,Plasmaphereses,Plasmapheresis, Double Filtration,Plasmapheresis, Therapeutic,Therapeutic Immunoadsorptions,Therapeutic Plasma Adsorptions,Therapeutic Plasmaphereses
D001782	Blood Donors	Individuals supplying blood or blood components for transfer to histocompatible recipients.	Blood Donor,Donor, Blood,Donors, Blood
D001802	Blood Substitutes	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.	Artificial Blood,Artificial Erythrocytes,Artificial Hemoglobin,Blood, Artificial,Erythrocyte Substitutes,Hemoglobin Substitutes,Red Cell Substitutes,Artificial Bloods,Artificial Erythrocyte,Artificial Hemoglobins,Blood Substitute,Bloods, Artificial,Cell Substitute, Red,Cell Substitutes, Red,Erythrocyte Substitute,Erythrocyte, Artificial,Erythrocytes, Artificial,Hemoglobin Substitute,Hemoglobin, Artificial,Hemoglobins, Artificial,Red Cell Substitute,Substitute, Blood,Substitute, Erythrocyte,Substitute, Hemoglobin,Substitute, Red Cell,Substitutes, Blood,Substitutes, Erythrocyte,Substitutes, Hemoglobin,Substitutes, Red Cell
D005260	Female		Females
D005544	Forecasting	The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology.	Futurology,Projections and Predictions,Future,Predictions and Projections
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man