FLUID BALANCE: Fluid balance is of vital importance to women with cardiac disease, and an abnormal reduction or increase in the circulating blood volume (hypovolaemia or hypervolaemia respectively) must be avoided.
As the circulating blood volume also diminishes, the patient's core body temperature decreases, leading to further enzymatic derangements and further coagulopathy.
Octapharma's IGIV product, octagam[R] (immune globulin intravenous [human] 5%), is used to treat disorders of the immune system, and Octapharma's Albumin (Human) is indicated for the restoration and maintenance of circulating blood volume.
The studies show that BioTime's plasma expander can allow resuscitation without subsequent blood transfusion in rats despite extended periods of hemorrhagic shock and respiratory arrest caused by an otherwise lethal loss of half their circulating blood volume.
