hemoperfusion

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Introduction

Passage of blood through columns of adsorptive material, such as activated charcoal, to remove toxic substances from the blood. [from hemo + L. perfusio, to pass through]

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. Daubert GP, Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis