Dextran 70/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Fluid resuscitation [r]: Medical replacement or supplementation of body fluids, using crystalloids or colloids, and certain blood products ^[e]
• Glucose [r]: A monosaccharide (or simple sugar) and an important carbohydrate in biology, used by the living cell as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. ^[e]
• Polymer [r]: A compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller, similar molecules (monomers), or by the condensation of many smaller, similar molecules eliminating water, alcohol, etc. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Hypovolemia [r]: Add brief definition or description

Colloid alternatives

• Human blood plasma [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hydroxyethyl starch [r]: A polymer of glucose subunits, administered in balanced electrolyte solutions, used as a plasma volume expander and other medical applications where a plasma-like fluid is needed. ^[e]
• Albumin injection [r]: Compoent of human blood used as a plasma volume expander; has no oxygen-carrying capacity and synthetics increasingly preferred ^[e]

Diluents and crystalloid alternatives

• Lactated Ringer's injection [r]: A balanced electrolyte solution injected variously to replace fluids or to provide a carrier for medications ^[e]
• Normal saline [r]: 0.85 or 0.9 percent in water; saline for injection is sterile and uses highly purified water ^[e]