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- Title
Is it time to focus on preserving the functionality of red blood cells during storage?
- Authors
Elfath, M. Dean
- Abstract
The article discusses the efforts of Hogman and associates to develop a solution to address the decline of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate acid (2,3-DPG) during red blood cell storage and to circumvent the technical difficulties preventing the availability of previously proposed preservation solutions. They describe a method that uses a new additive solution to raise the intracellular pH and maintain 2,3-DPG levels for four weeks.
- Subjects
ERYTHROCYTES; BLOOD cells; BLOOD collection; HYDROGEN-ion concentration; ACIDS
- Publication
Transfusion, 2006, Vol 46, Issue 9, p1469
- ISSN
0041-1132
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00955.x