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perfusionist

 [per-fu´zhun-ist]
a technologist who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiopulmonary bypass.

perfusionist

(pĕr-fyū'shŭn-ist),
The operator of an oxygenator, such as the extracorporeal membrane oxygenator during surgery.

perfusionist

(pĕr-fū′zhŭn-ĭst)
A health care professional, formally known as a clinical perfusion scientist, who manages extracorporeal circulation of blood and operates the heart-lung machine.
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The 3-T valve is constructed of clear plastic to allow the surgeon and perfusionist to view its status at all times.
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"Then the surgeons do their magic," says Holt, "while the perfusionist manages the patient's lungs and bloodflow using the heart-lung machine."
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The questionnaire mainly comprised structured questions and a validated 10-item instrument specifically developed to measure job satisfaction among the perfusionists; the Yildirim-Kaptanoglu and Demir Job Satisfaction Scale (KDJS), which discloses and measures the areas that are essential for perfusionist satisfaction.
Examining job satisfaction among perfusionists: A brief report from Istanbul
Perfusionist comes from the Latin for "pour through." The diversion of the patient's blodd through the heart-lung machine during surgery is termed "extracorporeal circulation," extracorporeal being Latin for "outside the body." Perfusionists practice extracorporeal technology.
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The surgeon, surgical nurses and the perfusionist look at the technical side and we look after the medical part.
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Clinical perfusionist Suresh Robert said two litres of blood was drained out from the boy's body into a heart-lung machine.
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([section]) L.C.C.P (U.K.), Senior Perfusionist. TABLE 1 The difference in preoperative and intraoperative characteristics of the patients with or without aprotinin during cardiac surgery Variables Aprotinin No aprotinin P value (n=318) (n=105) Age, y (SD) 58.3 (15.9) 59.5 (14.3) 0.490 Preop creatinine 102.3 (54.9) 95.2 (36.6) 0.140 ([micro]mol/l) Preop haemoglobin (g/l) 130.1 (26.2) 135.7 (24.4) 0.205 Hypertension, no.
The effect of aprotinin on risk of acute renal failure requiring dialysis after on-pump cardiac surgery
The perfusionist (operator of an oxygenator) waits at his machine, which will empty all the blood from the patient into the heart-lung machine, oxygenate it and then send it circulating back into the baby's body.
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([section]) M.Vs., Perfusionist, Department of Perfusion Technology.
Perioperative management of sickle cell disease in paediatric cardiac surgery
The mean perfusion pressure was maintained at 70 to 90 mmHg where possible by small boluses of phenylepherine (100 [micro]g) and sodium nitroprusside infusion at the discretion of the perfusionist. Systemic temperature was permitted to drift to 28[degrees]C during CPB and patients were actively rewarmed to 36[degrees]C before separation from CPB.
Impact of bispectral index monitoring on propofol administration in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass
[section] C.C.P, Senior Clinical Perfusionist. ** C.C.P, Clinical Perfusionist.
The effect of excess protamine on thrombelastography in vitro
Pappas is a cardiovascular surgeon in private practice with the same group, for which Foody is senior perfusionist.
Meeting the special needs of the open heart surgery patient

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