In clinical trials, Voluven was compared to other approved blood volume expanders.

There are two main types of volume expander; crystalloids and colloids.

Rehydrex is a volume expander solution used in intravenous therapy.

The substance is a plasma volume expander and is taken intravenously.

The main blood substitutes used today are volume expanders such as crystalloids and colloids mentioned above.

Unfortunately, oxygen transport, one function that distinguishes real blood from other volume expanders, has been very difficult to reproduce.

Intravenous solutions with dextran function both as volume expanders and means of parenteral nutrition.

Hetastarch (hydroxyethyl) is a plasma volume expander derived from natural sources of starch.

The types of intravenous fluids used in fluid replacement are generally within the class of volume expanders.

Volume expander (although providing volume is only one of many functions of blood plasma)

Massive haemorrhage - RBCs and volume expanders are preferred therapies.

Substances that may be infused intravenously include volume expanders, blood-based products, blood substitutes, medications, nutrition.

A volume expander is a type of intravenous therapy that has the function of providing volume for the circulatory system.

Volume expanders may theoretically be called a blood substitutes as well, but in practice they are usually not within the scope of blood substitutes.

Some other drugs, such as certain anticoagulants and plasma volume expanders remain under the control of CBER.

A year ago, six Finnish cross-country skiers, four men and two women, were banned from competition for two years for using a blood plasma volume expander.

With enough blood loss, ultimately red blood cell levels drop too low for adequate tissue oxygenation, even if volume expanders maintain circulatory volume.

It is used medicinally as an antithrombotic (anti-platelet), to reduce blood viscosity, and as a volume expander in anemia.

Provided blood volume is maintained by volume expanders, a quiescent patient can safely tolerate very low haemoglobin levels, less than 1/3 that of a healthy person.

Colloid solutions used in intravenous therapy belong to a major group of volume expanders, and can be used for intravenous fluid replacement.

Blood substitutes such as blood volume expanders and oxygen carriers (the latter as yet unlicensed in North America)

Unlike loop diuretics, mannitol functions as an intravascular volume expander, at least initially, and may also function as a free-radical scavenger.

Blood volume expanders are commonly administered to quickly restore some of the lost volume so that remaining red blood cells can continue to deliver needed oxygen to the body's tissues.

Gelofusine is a volume expander that is used as a blood plasma replacement if a significant amount of blood is lost due to extreme hemorrhagia, trauma, dehydration, or a similar event.

It is one of the most frequently used volume expanders under the trade names Hespan by B. Braun Medical Inc. and Voluven or Volulyte by Fresenius Kabi.