RT Book, Section
A1 Sivilotti, Marco L.A.
A2 Hoffman, Robert S.
A2 Howland, Mary Ann
A2 Lewin, Neal A.
A2 Nelson, Lewis S.
A2 Goldfrank, Lewis R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1108426238
T1 Hematologic Principles
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071801843
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108426238
RD 2024/04/25
AB Blood  is  rightfully  considered  the  vital  fluid,  because  every  organ  system  depends  on  the  normal  function  of  blood.  Blood  delivers  oxygen  and  other  essential  substances  throughout  the  body,  removes  waste  products  of  metabolism,  transports  hormones  from  their  origin  to  site  of  action,  signals  and  defends  against  threatened  infection,  promotes  healing  via  the  inflammatory  response,  and  maintains  the  vascular  integrity  of  the  circulatory  ­system.  It  also  serves  as  the  central  compartment  in  classical  pharmacokinetics  and  thereby  comes  into  direct  contact  with  virtually  every  systemic  xenobiotic  that  acts  on  the  organism.89  The  ease  and  frequency  with  which  blood  is  assayed,  its  central  role  in  functions  vital  to  the  organism,  and  the  ability  to  analyze  its  characteristics,  at  first  by  light  microscopy  and  more  recently  with  molecular  techniques,  have  enabled  a  detailed  understanding  of  blood  that  has  advanced  the  frontier  of  molecular  medicine.