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To: mesaone who wrote (996)	6/7/1998 11:59:00 PM
From: Stephen How	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1432

I found corroboration that while Dupont's Pentaspan&reg is used as an albumin replacement in Canada, it is not indicated for plasma expansion in the US. J Clin Apheresis 1997; 12(3): 146-153 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/Entrez/referer?/htbin-post/Entrez/query%3fdb=m&form=6&uid=9365868&Dopt=r) There are two hydroxyethyl starches: hetastarch (Hespan and Pentaspan) currently licensed for human use in the United States. While both are approved for granulocyte collection only Hespan is approved as a plasma volume expander. Steve Mesaone's BW posting is at post.messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com