Perfluorocarbon emulsions increase transfer of oxygen in plasma from erythrocyte to tissues

Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol. 1998 Mar;26(2):223-9. doi: 10.3109/10731199809119780.

Abstract

The erythrocyte oxy- and deoxygenation kinetics and the influence of the perfluorocarbon emulsions (PFCE) on the blood were studied using the device modeling blood circulation in the organism. It was found that a small additive of PFCE changed the oxygen transport in the erythrocyte-plasma-tissues. The oxygen-carrying properties of erythrocytes of PFCE-blood system are differ from ones of pure blood.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Circulation
  • Emulsions
  • Erythrocytes / drug effects*
  • Erythrocytes / metabolism*
  • Fluorocarbons / metabolism*
  • Fluorocarbons / pharmacology
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Structural
  • Oxygen / metabolism*
  • Oxyhemoglobins / metabolism

Substances

  • Emulsions
  • Fluorocarbons
  • Oxyhemoglobins
  • Oxygen