Volume Replacement

✍ Scribed by H. Haljamäe (auth.), Professor Dr. med. Jean-Francois Baron, Priv.-Doz Dr. med. Johannes Treib (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 150
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Because of their therapeutic safety, hydroxyethylstarch, gelatin and dextrans are among the most frequently used drugs in the world. Recent studies have shown that bleeding disorders, anaphylactic reactions and storage in the body depend decisively on the nature of the administered plasma substitute. Through interdisciplinary cooperation the "First European Volume Replacement Conference" has established indications for the use of individual plasma substitutes to improve the efficacy and therapeutic safety of volume replacement therapy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Albumin: To Use or Not to Use? Contemporary Alternatives?....Pages 1-22
Use of Gelatins as Volume Expanders in Shock and Trauma....Pages 23-46
Which Hydroxyethyl Starch for Which Indication?....Pages 47-55
Volume Replacement Therapy with Dextrans: Are Dextrans Still Useful in Volume Replacement?....Pages 57-66
Volume Replacement in the Critically Ill....Pages 67-74
Bleeding Complications and Hydroxyethyl Starch: Strategies of Prevention....Pages 75-89
Volume Replacement in Burn Patients....Pages 91-97
Use of Plasma Substitutes During Cardiac Surgery: Focus on Priming Solutions....Pages 99-110
Colloid-Induced Renal Complications....Pages 111-120
New Therapeutic Concepts Using Artificial Oxygen Carriers....Pages 121-133
Back Matter....Pages 135-145

✦ Subjects

Hematology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine