PLASMA VOLUME EXPANDERS
(See also Blood Substitutes; Blood Transfusions)
advantages over blood: bq 53-55; g74 6/22 19, 21; g73 6/8 15; g67 5/22 24-26; g67 9/22 5
comment by Brisbane, Australia, Daily Sun: g85 11/22 11
fewer complications: g78 10/8 29
“artificial blood”: w85 4/15 21; w83 11/1 23; w82 5/1 7; g80 2/8 29; g80 2/22 21-23; g80 8/8 29-30; w79 11/15 29; g79 8/8 31; g79 10/8 29; g78 2/8 29; g73 7/8 31; g72 6/22 29-30; g70 1/22 30; g70 2/8 30
dextrose solution: g74 6/22 18-20; g67 5/22 25-26
discussion: g69 1/8 17-20
doctors’ use of, for their loved ones: g75 7/8 30
haemaccel: bq 54; g67 5/22 24
hydroxyethyl starch solution (hetastarch): bq 54
research: g74 6/22 22; g68 3/8 22
Ringer’s solution: g79 5/22 5-7; bq 54-56; g74 6/22 19-21; g73 2/8 19; g71 6/8 31; g69 1/8 18; g69 8/22 19; g68 1/8 29; g67 5/22 24-25
saline solution: bq 53-54; g75 8/8 19; w74 524; g74 6/22 19, 21; g69 8/22 18-19; g67 5/22 24; g66 7/22 16; g66 11/8 23
seawater: g73 6/8 15
Witness attitude toward: w84 1/15 31
Quotations
initially fluid chosen is relatively unimportant: bq 54
risks of blood transfusion are the advantages of plasma substitutes: bq 55
use of saline solutions has gained ground: bq 54-55