Polynitroxylated Pegylated Hemoglobin (PNPH) A Nanomedicine for Critical Care and Transfusion
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Publication Title
Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carriers - Principles, Approaches and Current Status
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-40717-8_16
ISBN
9783642407161
Abstract
Polynitroxylated pegylated hemoglobin (PNPH, VitalHeme™, SynZyme Technologies LLC, Irvine, CA) is a pegylated hemoglobin covalently labeled with catalytic nitroxides, aka caged nitric oxide (cNO). PNPH serves as a hyperoncotic biopolymer coated and redox transformed hemoglobin acting in the plasma phase as a neurovascular protective multifunctional nanomedicine. This drug is for the correction or prevention of inadequate regional and/or global blood flow without oxidative stress under normal or hypovolemic states in critical care and transfusion medicine. Specific clinical indications for which PNPH has shown efficacy are traumatic brain injury complicated by hemorrhagic shock, stroke, and sickle cell disease. PNPH may also be an ideal alternative to aged red blood cells and a bridge to transfusion.
Recommended Citation
Hsia, Carleton J. C., Frances M. Thompson, Dong Wang, Li Ma.
2013.
"Polynitroxylated Pegylated Hemoglobin (PNPH) A Nanomedicine for Critical Care and Transfusion."
Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carriers - Principles, Approaches and Current Status, H. W. Kim and A. G. Greenburg (Ed.): 299-313 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-40717-8_16 isbn: 9783642407161
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