Accession Number:

AD0726336

Title:

Blood Preservation Solutions: A Review.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT KNOX KY

Personal Author(s):

• Dawson,R. Ben , Jr

Report Date:

1971-04-15

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

Various methods of studying red cell viability and hemoglobin function by measuring ATP and 2,3-DPG, respectively, are discussed. Blood can be stored for 5 to 6 weeks at 4 C and retain red cell concentrations of ATP and 2,3-DPG which will provide for survival and function of the blood immediately upon transfusion by supplementing the solutions with adenine, inosine, and methylene blue or pyruvate. Author

Descriptors:

• (*BLOOD
• PRESERVATION)
• (*ERYTHROCYTES
• *PHOSPHATES)
• (*HEMOGLOBIN
• PHOSPHATES)
• ADENOSINE PHOSPHATES
• VIABILITY
• STORAGE
• METHYLENE BLUE
• PYRUVATES
• BIOCHEMISTRY
• BLOOD TRANSFUSION

Subject Categories:

• Biochemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE