volume expander

  • 1Volume expander — A volume expander is a type of intravenous therapy that has the function of providing volume for the circulatory system. It may be used for fluid replacement. Contents 1 Physiology 2 Types 2.1 Colloids 2 …

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  • 2Expander (Effet) — Le rôle d un expander en sonorisation est de diminuer le volume sonore lorsque le signal passe en dessous d un certain seuil. On peut ainsi diminuer les bruits de fond. Lorsqu on veut complètement couper le signal en dessous d un certain seuil… …

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  • 3plasma volume expander — artificial plasma extender …

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  • 4Expander (effet) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Expandeur (homonymie). Le rôle d un expander en sonorisation est de diminuer le volume sonore lorsque le signal passe en dessous d un certain seuil. On peut ainsi diminuer les bruits de fond. Lorsqu on veut… …

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  • 5expander — noun Date: 1862 one that expands; specifically any of several colloidal substances (as dextran) of high molecular weight used as a blood or plasma substitute for increasing the blood volume …

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  • 6expander — ex·pand·er ik span dər n any of several colloidal substances (as dextran) of high molecular weight used as a blood or plasma substitute for increasing the blood volume called also extender * * * ex·pan·der (ek spanґdər) [L. expandere to… …

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  • 7Super Expander — This article is about the VIC 20 expansion cartridge. For the corresponding C64 product, see Super Expander 64. The VIC 1211 Super Expander was a cartridge for the Commodore VIC 20 home computer. It was designed to provide several extensions to… …

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  • 8dextran — 1. Any of several water soluble high molecular weight glucose polymers (average MW 75,000; ranging between 1,000 and 40,000,000) produced by the action of members of the family Lactobacillaceae and certain other microorganisms on sucrose; used in …

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  • 9Blood substitute — A blood substitute (also called artificial blood or blood surrogates) is a substance used to mimic and fulfill some functions of biological blood, usually in the oxygen carrying sense. They aim to provide an alternative to blood transfusion,… …

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  • 10Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers — At the beginning of 20th century excellent work of Landsteiner and co authors combine with significant progress in fields of heart and circulation physiology initiated development of modern transfusion medicine allowing that blood transfusion… …

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