Transportadores de oxígeno en cirugía cardíaca / Oxygen carriers in cardiac surgery

ABSTRACT

Artificial oxygen carriers may be grouped into two categories Hemoglobin-based solutions and perfluoro-chemical based emulsions. Allogenic erythrocyte transfusions represent a limited resource and are associated with adverse events such as acute transfusion reactions, transmission of infectious diseases, immunosuppression and postoperative infections. Although [quot ]artificial blood[quot ] is not yet a clinical reality, several temporary [quot ]artificial oxygen carriers[quot ] are in late stage clinical development.