Circulatory Procedures
A procedure in which blood is taken from a patient's circulation to have a process applied to it before it is returned to the circulation. All of the apparatus carrying the blood outside the body is termed the extracorporeal circuit.
- Apheresis
- Autotransfusion
- Hemodialysis
- Hemofiltration
- Plasmapheresis
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Cardiopulmonary bypass during open heart surgery.
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