• Machine perfusion (MP) is an artificial perfusion technique often used for organ preservation to help facilitate organ transplantation. MP works by continuously...
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    to a capillary bed in tissue. Perfusion may also refer to fixation via perfusion, used in histological studies. Perfusion is measured as the rate at which...
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    doctor or clinical perfusion scientist, is a healthcare professional who operates the cardiopulmonary bypass machine (heart–lung machine) during cardiac...
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    were similar with both approaches. Machine perfusion before transplant is associated with decreased tissue re-perfusion ischemic injury (a process in which...
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    Soviet scientist Sergei Brukhonenko developed a heart-lung machine for total body perfusion in 1926 named the Autojektor, which was used in experiments...
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  • Ex vivo lung perfusion (abbreviated EVLP) is a form of machine perfusion aimed at sustaining the active aerobic cellular metabolism of donor lungs outside...
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    factor for graft failure in the future. Hypothermic pulsatile machine perfusion; using a machine to perfuse donor kidneys ex vivo with cold solution, rather...
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  • technique involves machine perfusion of the organ at either hypothermic (4-10 °C) or normothermic (37 °C) temperatures. Hypothermic perfusion of kidneys is...
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    rubber tubing that is not easily disconnected. Hose barbs are used in machine perfusion and chemistry laboratory equipment. Hose barb fittings are small curved...
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  • preserves organ viability for transplantation. In contrast, ex situ machine perfusion involves perfusing the organ outside the donor's body, typically after...
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    Gaseous oxygen perfusion / persufflation can enhance organ preservation relative to static cold storage or hypothermic machine perfusion, since the lower...
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  • Biomedical tissue Edmonton protocol Eye bank Immunosuppressive drugs Lung allocation score Machine perfusion Total body irradiation Frankenstein's monster...
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    A ventilation/perfusion lung scan, also called a V/Q lung scan, or ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy, is a type of medical imaging using scintigraphy...
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  • transplantation of controlled and uncontrolled DCD organs, progress made on machine perfusion of kidneys, livers, lungs and hearts and ethics and legal issues regarding...
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    research fellowship in the therapeutic manipulation of organs using machine perfusion technology and the use of 3D printing in complex transplant surgery...
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    Hypoxemia (section Perfusion)
    tissue oxygenation requires additionally adequate circulation of blood and perfusion of tissue to meet metabolic demands. Hypoxemia is usually defined in terms...
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  • the miracle of organ donation and cutting-edge medical advances in machine perfusion — a portable platform that keeps organs alive outside of the body...
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  • recovery. Cardiopulmonary bypass Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Machine perfusion Organ transplantation Regenerative medicine Tissue engineering Gott...
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    between the pulsatile and baseline absorbance ("perfusion index") can be used to evaluate perfusion. SpO 2 = HbO 2 HbO 2 + Hb {\displaystyle {\ce {SpO2}}={\frac...
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    post-mortem biochemical changes that accumulate over time. The earliest perfusion studies were conducted in the mid-19th century, and subsequent advances...
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    to two weeks. Coupled with imaging of cerebral perfusion, researchers can highlight regions of "perfusion/diffusion mismatch" that may indicate regions...
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  • than usually <12 hours) of human transplant organ preservation with machine perfusion of a liver is reported. It could possibly be extended to 10 days and...
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    reduced capacity of the blood to carry oxygen, compromised general or local perfusion, or inability of the affected tissues to extract oxygen from, or metabolically...
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  • contrast (DSC) MR perfusion". Radiopaedia. Retrieved 2017-10-14. Chen F, Ni YC (March 2012). "Magnetic resonance diffusion-perfusion mismatch in acute...
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    orientations. Contrast medium is given intravenously to assess myocardial perfusion and LGE. Phase contrast imaging may be used to quantify valvular regurgitant...
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    SPECT can be used to obtain quantitative information about myocardial perfusion, thickness, and contractility of the myocardium during various parts of...
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    An isolated brain is a brain kept alive in vitro, either by perfusion or by a blood substitute, often an oxygenated solution of various salts, or by submerging...
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    intraocular use of the dye. ICG is used as a marker in the assessment of the perfusion of tissues and organs in many areas of medicine. The light needed for...
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    as bruising, but occasionally as complicated as hypoxia, ventilation-perfusion mismatch, hypovolemia, and reduced cardiac output due to the way the thoracic...
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    the condition. Otherwise, a CT pulmonary angiography, lung ventilation/perfusion scan, or ultrasound of the legs may confirm the diagnosis. Together, deep...
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