Blood Substitute

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Medical Product
gptkbp:advantage Longer shelf life than blood
No blood type matching required
No risk of infectious disease transmission
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Artificial_Blood
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:Russia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:canBe gptkb:Jehovah's_Witnesses_patients
Disaster response
Emergency medicine
Remote locations
Military medicine
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:United_States
Clotting function replacement
Immune function replacement
Long-term replacement of blood
gptkbp:component Hemoglobin
Perfluorocarbon
Saline solution
Starch solution
gptkbp:example gptkb:Fluosol-DA
gptkb:Hemopure
gptkb:Oxycyte
gptkb:Oxyglobin
gptkb:PolyHeme
gptkbp:excludes Plasma proteins
Platelets
White blood cells
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Blood Substitute
gptkbp:limitation Side effects
Limited oxygen-carrying capacity
Not widely available
gptkbp:purpose Replace biological blood
gptkbp:regulates Experimental in most countries
gptkbp:researchedSince 19th century
gptkbp:riskFactor Allergic reactions
Organ toxicity
Short half-life
gptkbp:storage Room temperature
Long shelf life
gptkbp:studiedBy Medical researchers
Biotechnology companies
Pharmaceutical companies
gptkbp:type Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers
Perfluorocarbon-based oxygen carriers
Volume expanders
gptkbp:usedFor Blood transfusion
Oxygen transport
Volume expansion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Margaret_Duffy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6