WHY PLASMA
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 March 1944WHY PLASMARAYMOND O. MUETHER, F.A.C.P.RAYMOND O. MUETHER, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-3-431 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptExperience with the University Blood and Plasma Bank has led me to believe that a discussion of the indication for plasma is apropos. There is a tendency today to substitute plasma for whole blood when blood would be more appropriate. This tendency is based usually on the greater ease of plasma administration rather than on careful consideration of indications for plasma. It should be pointed out that blood storage has reached the stage where by the use of a preserving solution whole blood can be kept for 21 to 30 days. This makes blood readily available and shortens materially the...Bibliography1. YUDIN SS: Transfusion of cadaver blood, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvi, 997. CrossrefGoogle Scholar1a. BALONDCRAIGJACEBO CRNSAL: Collection and preservation of stored blood, Lancet, 1939, i, 388. Google Scholar2. STRUMIAMCGRAW MJ: The preparation and preservation of human plasma, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1941, xi, 375. Google Scholar3. PATTON PB: The blood bank of the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., Tech. Suppl., 1938, viii, 178. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DEGOWINHARRISPLASS ELJEED: Studies on preserved blood, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxiv, 850. Google Scholar5. GWYNNALSEVER CAJB: The collection and preservation of placental blood for transfusion purposes, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1939, cxcviii, 634-646. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MUETHERANDREWS ROKR: Studies on stored blood; technic for storage blood, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1941, xi, 307. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ELLIOTBUSBYTATUM JGFWL: Some factors and observations on preparation and preservation of plasma, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxv, 1006. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. HILLPFEIFFER JMDC: A new and economical desiccating process particularly suitable for preparation of concentrated plasma, ANN. INT. MED., 1940, xiv, 20. Google Scholar9. MOON VH: The shock syndrome in medicine and surgery, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, viii, 1633. MOON, V. H.: Shock and related capillary phenomena, 1938, Oxford University Press, New York. Google Scholar10. HARKINS HN: The treatment of burns, 1942, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, p. 208. Google Scholar11. KAGAN BM: A simple method for the estimation of total protein content of plasma and serum, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1938, xvii, 369. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. BARBOURHAMILTON HGWF: Falling drop method for determining specific gravity, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1926, lxix, 625. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. SCUDDER J: Blood studies as a guide to therapy, 1940, J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia. Google Scholar14. BLACK DA: Treatment of burn shock with plasma and serum, Brit. Med. Jr., 1940, ii, 693. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ELKINTONWOLFFLEE JRWAWE: Plasma transfusion in the treatment of fluid shift in liver burns, Ann. Surg., 1940, cxii, 150. Google Scholar16. TOCANTINSO'NEILL LMJF: Infusion of blood and other fluids into the body via the bone marrow, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1940, xlv, 782. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. WHIPPLE GH: Hemoglobin and plasma proteins; their production, utilization and interrelation, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1942, cciii, 477. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. WIENER OS: Blood groups and transfusion, 1943, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois (table 12, p. 152). Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Missouri*Read before the Regional Meeting of The American College of Physicians, Kansas City, Mo., May 8, 1943. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAcute Toxic Nephrosis Due to Poisoning by Carbon Tetrachloride: A Case Report 1 March 1944Volume 20, Issue 3Page: 431-437KeywordsBloodBlood banksBlood plasma ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...