Blood plasma is a light amber-colored liquid component of blood in which blood cells are absent, but which contains proteins and other constituents of...
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below) denote blood plasma concentration, which is approximately 60–100% larger than the actual blood concentration if the amount inside red blood cells (RBCs)...
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Plasma proteins, sometimes referred to as blood proteins, are proteins present in blood plasma. They serve many different functions, including transport...
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Blood plasma fractionation are the general processes separating the various components of blood plasma, which in turn is a component of blood obtained...
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glucose (also called "blood glucose") is maintained in the blood plasma at all times. Glucose that is not circulating in the blood is stored in skeletal...
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Plasmapheresis (redirect from Plasma exchange)
Greek πλάσμα, plasma, something molded, and ἀφαίρεσις aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components...
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Plasma cells, also called plasma B cells or effector B cells, are white blood cells that originate in the lymphoid organs as B cells and secrete large...
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best games on the Build engine. The Blood franchise was continued with two official expansion packs titled Plasma Pak (developed by Monolith) and Cryptic...
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Blood volume (volemia) is the volume of blood (blood cells and plasma) in the circulatory system of any individual. A typical adult has a blood volume...
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away from those same cells. Blood is composed of blood cells suspended in blood plasma. Plasma, which constitutes 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water (92%...
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component of blood which does not play a role in clotting. It may be defined as blood plasma without the clotting factors, or as blood with all cells...
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A blood plasma substitute may refer to: An artificially made substance designed to have one or more of the vast amount of functions of the contents of...
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1936), also known as the Man with the Golden Arm, is a blood plasma donor from Australia whose plasma contains antibodies against RhD which are used in making...
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known need for many transfusions. Blood plasma compatibility is the inverse of red blood cell compatibility. Type AB plasma carries neither anti-A nor anti-B...
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Plasma protein binding refers to the degree to which medications attach to blood proteins within the blood plasma. A drug's efficacy may be affected by...
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Lipoprotein (redirect from Plasma lipoprotein particle)
transport hydrophobic lipid (also known as fat) molecules in water, as in blood plasma or other extracellular fluids. They consist of a triglyceride and cholesterol...
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concentrated blood plasma. A low serum osmolality will suppress the release of ADH, resulting in decreased water reabsorption and more concentrated plasma. Syndrome...
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frozen plasma (FFP) is a blood product made from the liquid portion of whole blood. It is used to treat conditions in which there are low blood clotting...
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animals, and in those animals with a blood circulatory system, a proportion of this fluid is blood plasma. Plasma and interstitial fluid are the two components...
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blood. Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as red blood cells, plasma,...
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renal plasma flow (RPF), which is the volume of blood plasma delivered to the kidneys per unit time. While the terms generally apply to arterial blood delivered...
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Biological half-life (redirect from Plasma half-life)
decrease from its maximum concentration (Cmax) to half of Cmax in the blood plasma. It is denoted by the abbreviation t 1 2 {\displaystyle t_{\frac {1}{2}}}...
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Platelet-rich plasma (PRP), also known as autologous conditioned plasma, is a concentrate of plasma protein derived from whole blood, centrifuged to remove...
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of matter Plasma (mineral), a green translucent silica mineral Quark–gluon plasma, a state of matter in quantum chromodynamics Blood plasma, the yellow-colored...
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Charles R. Drew (section Blood for Britain)
transport large quantities of blood plasma for distribution in the United Kingdom. Drew understood that plasma extraction from blood required both centrifugation...
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for up to 12 months. The separation of plasma from a donor's blood is called plasmapheresis. While the first blood transfusions were made directly from...
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Blood sugar regulation is the process by which the levels of blood sugar, the common name for glucose dissolved in blood plasma, are maintained by the...
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transfusions, mixing the recipient's plasma with the donor's red blood cells to detect incompatibilities (crossmatching). Routine blood typing involves determining...
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Calcium metabolism (section Normal plasma levels)
the gut and kidneys) of the body, and between body compartments: the blood plasma, the extracellular and intracellular fluids, and bone. Bone acts as a...
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Pharmacokinetics (redirect from Blood-to-plasma ratio)
the trapezoidal rule, the area estimation is highly dependent on the blood/plasma sampling schedule. That is, the closer time points are, the closer the...
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