perfusion
IPA: pɝfjˈuʒʌn
noun
- The act of perfusing, the passage of fluid through the circulatory system.
- (medicine) The introduction of a drug or nutrients through the bloodstream in order to reach an internal organ or tissues.
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Examples of "perfusion" in Sentences
- However, perfusion is a specialized field working under direct supervision of the surgeon and within well-defined parameters.
- "It is difficult for a human provider to replicate the kind of perfusion CVFD has been seeing with the AutoPulse, especially for prolonged periods of time," Davidson commented.
- Tests such as chest x-rays, computed tomography (CAT) scans and ventilation-perfusion scans can help your doctor understand the anatomy and function of your child's lung problems.
- This keeps patients close to waking, even when extractions or other invasive procedures are needed, thus maximizing cardiac output and tissue perfusion and maintaining blood pressure.
- Twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) occurs only in the setting of a monochorionic pregnancy and complicates approximately 1 percent of monochorionic twin gestations, with an incidence of 1 in 35,000 births.
- Rao H, Wang JJ, Giannetta J, Korczkowski M, Shera D, Avants BB, et al. Altered resting cerebral blood flow in adolescents with in-utero cocaine exposure revealed by perfusion functional magnetic resonance imaging.
- The term “reversed perfusion” is used to describe this scenario because blood enters the acardiac/acephalic twin through reversed flow through its umbilical artery and exits through the umbilical vein, which is opposite to the normal blood supply of the fetus.
- “Reversed arterial perfusion” is used to describe this condition because blood enters the abnormal twin through the umbilical artery (which usually carries blood away from the fetus back to the placenta) and exits through the umbilical vein, which normally carries blood from the placenta to the fetus.
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