Hemoperfusion

Removal of toxins or metabolites from the circulation by the passing of blood, within a suitable extracorporeal circuit, over semipermeable microcapsules containing adsorbents (e.g., activated charcoal) or enzymes, other enzyme preparations (e.g., gel-entrapped microsomes, membrane-free enzymes bound to artificial carriers), or other adsorbents (e.g., various resins, albumin-conjugated agarose).

Year introduced: 1978

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Tree Number(s): E02.870.244, E02.912.430, E04.292.510

MeSH Unique ID: D006464

Entry Terms:

• Hemoperfusions
• Hemosorption
• Hemosorptions

Previous Indexing:

• Hemodialysis (1967-1977)
• Kidney, Artificial (1966-1977)
• Perfusion (1966-1977)

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Renal Replacement Therapy
Hemoperfusion

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Sorption Detoxification
Hemoperfusion

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Extracorporeal Circulation
Hemoperfusion