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  2. Extracorporeal procedure - Wikipedia

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    An extracorporeal procedure is a medical procedure which is performed outside the body. Extracorporeal devices are the artificial organs that remain outside the body while treating a patient. Extracorporeal devices are useful in hemodialysis and cardiac surgery .

  3. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - Wikipedia

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    Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is a form of extracorporeal life support, providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of oxygen, gas exchange or blood supply to sustain life.

  4. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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    Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (commonly known as ECPR) is a method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that passes the patient's blood through a machine in a process to oxygenate the blood supply. A portable extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) device is used as an adjunct to

  5. Membrane oxygenator - Wikipedia

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    A MAQUET hollow fiber membrane oxygenator. A membrane oxygenator is a device used to add oxygen to, and remove carbon dioxide from the blood.It can be used in two principal modes: to imitate the function of the lungs in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and to oxygenate blood in longer term life support, termed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

  6. Apheresis - Wikipedia

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    The main advantage of this system is the low extracorporeal volume (calculated by volume of the apheresis chamber, the donor's hematocrit, and total blood volume of the donor) used in the procedure, which may be advantageous in the elderly and for children. [citation needed]

  7. Plasmapheresis - Wikipedia

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    It is thus an extracorporeal therapy, a medical procedure performed outside the body. [1] Three general types of plasmapheresis can be distinguished: Autologous, removing blood plasma, treating it in some way, and returning it to the same person, as a therapy. Exchange, a patient's blood plasma is removed, while blood products are given in ...

  8. Extracorporeal life support - Wikipedia

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    Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), is a set of extracorporeal modalities that can provide oxygenation, removal of carbon dioxide, and/or circulatory support, excluding cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiothoracic or vascular surgery.

  9. Photopheresis - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, photopheresis (aka extracorporeal photopheresis or ECP) [1] is a form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is subject to apheresis to separate buffy coat (WBC + platelets) from whole blood, chemically treated with 8-methoxypsoralen (instilled into a collection bag or given per os in advance), exposed to ultraviolet light (UVA), and then returned to the patient. [2]