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per·fuse (pr-fyz)
v.
1. To pour or diffuse a liquid over or through something.
2. To force blood or other fluid to flow from the artery through the vascular bed of a tissue or to flow through the lumen of a hollow structure.

per·fusive (pr-fysv) adj.


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Clinical requirements The clinical requirements for initiation of this therapy include a critical care setting with an experienced team of physicians and perfusionists to operate the Novalung[R] iLA, as well as an experienced team of critical care nurses and respiratory therapists to monitor the Novalung[R] iLA (Carl, 2002).
The heart-lung machine is used by Perfusionists to artificially pump the heart during by-pass surgery.
Presented as a reference for clinical perfusionists, cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists and others who are involved with cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, this text covers the vital decision-making processes that occur during these surgical techniques.
 
 
 
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