Pharmacologic Substance
plasma substitutes
Subclass of:
Blood Substitutes
Definitions related to plasma substitutes:
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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.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(blood/plasma substitute) Substance that can carry oxygen to and carbon dioxide away from the tissues when introduced into the blood stream; used to replace hemoglobin in severe hemorrhage and also to perfuse isolated organs; includes perfluorocarbon emulsions and various hemoglobin solutions; also any liquid used to replace blood plasma, usually a saline solution, often with serum albumins, dextrans or other preparations which do not enhance the oxygen carrying capacity of blood, but replace volume.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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