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In emergency situations, preparation of the patient may be limited to cleansing the skin on the inside of the arm with an antiseptic solution and giving a local anesthetic to minimize pain caused by the needles used to insert the catheters.
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hemoperfusion system is prepared by sterilizing the cartridge containing the sorbent and rinsing it with heparinized saline solution. The system is then pressure-tested before the tubing is connected to the catheters in the patient's arm.
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Hemoperfusion (British English: haemoperfusion) is a medical process used to remove toxic substances from a patients blood. The technique involves passing large volumes of blood over an adsorbent substance. The adsorbent substance most commonly used in hemoperfusion are resins and activated carbon. Hemoperfusion is an extracorporeal form of treatment because the blood is pumped through a device outside the patient's body.
Its major uses include removing drugs or poisons from the blood in emergency situations, removing waste products from the blood in patients with renal failure, and as a supportive treatment for patients before and after liver transplantation.
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And in urology, it could be drugs or devices for bladder and prostate problems.
-David Pyott
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