Health News from Medical News Today: Plasma Blood Resuscitation Protects Blood Vessel Walls

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Plasma Blood Resuscitation Protects Blood Vessel Walls 31 May 2011, 6:00 pm Using plasma rather than standard resuscitation fluids seems to improve survival in trauma patients with massive blood loss. Now a new study in animals suggests that this benefit may result from plasma's ability to restore the "endothelial glycocalyx," a special layer lining the blood vessels, reports the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). Dr. Rosemary A... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.