Definitions
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- noun medicine A procedure in which
drugs ortoxins are removed from a patient'sblood by passing it through a column ofcharcoal or other adsorbent material
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Examples
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Sicker patients may need a procedure called hemoperfusion, which filters the blood through charcoal to try to remove Paraquat from the lungs
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Tunerz 2010
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Once absorbed, colchicine cannot be removed from the body by hemodialysis or charcoal hemoperfusion, and aggressive care including endotracheal intubation, timely fluid management guided by pulmonary artery pressure monitoring and pressor support is frequently required for the patient to survive.
Colchicine Poisoning 2010
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Other measures to enhance elimination, such as hemodialysis and hemoperfusion are not indicated, as they do not alter the course of coma, and in fact, may lead to complications. 3
Loads 2010
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Toraymyxin is a therapeutic hemoperfusion device that removes endotoxin from the bloodstream.
Market News 2009
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Toraymyxin is a therapeutic hemoperfusion device that removes endotoxin from the bloodstream.
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Toraymyxin is a therapeutic hemoperfusion device that removes endotoxin from the bloodstream.
Market News 2009
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The patients were randomly selected to receive either conventional therapy or conventional therapy plus two sessions of polymyxin B hemoperfusion.
unknown title 2009
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Polymyxin B is an antibiotic, and hemoperfusion is blood filtering to remove toxins.
unknown title 2009
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