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  • Thumbnail for Blood transfusion
    replace lost components of the blood. Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as...
    130 KB (14,295 words) - 07:20, 24 September 2024
  • Blood plasma fractionation are the general processes separating the various components of blood plasma, which in turn is a component of blood obtained...
    9 KB (1,055 words) - 17:59, 30 May 2024
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    amino acids, and fatty acids (dissolved in the blood or bound to plasma proteins (e.g., blood lipids)) Removal of waste such as carbon dioxide, urea, and...
    60 KB (6,801 words) - 13:04, 12 October 2024
  • Leukoreduction is the removal of white blood cells (or leukocytes) from the blood or blood components supplied for blood transfusion. After the removal of the leukocytes...
    7 KB (812 words) - 00:34, 19 August 2023
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    Plasmapheresis (category Blood products)
    aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components thereof from and to the blood circulation. It is thus...
    25 KB (3,062 words) - 20:33, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blood donation
    (separation of whole blood components). A donation may be of whole blood, or of specific components directly (apheresis). Blood banks often participate...
    97 KB (10,084 words) - 01:23, 12 October 2024
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    red blood cell membrane proteins organized according to their function: Transport Band 3 – Anion transporter, also an important structural component of...
    64 KB (7,848 words) - 21:56, 20 October 2024
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    of apheresis. Blood taken from a healthy donor can be separated into its component parts during blood donation, where the needed component is collected...
    31 KB (2,662 words) - 04:39, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hemodialysis
    of filtering the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. This type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal removal of waste products...
    48 KB (6,100 words) - 14:21, 16 September 2024
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    interaction between inspiration and removal of 10% of a patient’s blood volume for blood banking before surgery. They found that blood loss could be detected both...
    19 KB (2,131 words) - 12:34, 8 August 2024
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    Complement component 3, often simply called C3, is a protein of the immune system that is found primarily in the blood. It plays a central role in the...
    13 KB (1,556 words) - 13:28, 23 September 2024
  • of other blood components. Membrane fractionation has the advantage of minimal protein loss yet high removal of pathological plasma components. This method...
    8 KB (1,092 words) - 02:37, 8 December 2023
  • Stain removal is the process of removing a mark or spot left by one substance on a specific surface like a fabric. A solvent or detergent is generally...
    16 KB (2,168 words) - 19:49, 9 October 2024
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    artery to the lungs for re-oxygenation and removal of carbon dioxide. The left atrium receives newly oxygenated blood from the lungs as well as the pulmonary...
    51 KB (5,789 words) - 06:38, 30 October 2024
  • A blood substitute (also called artificial blood or blood surrogate) is a substance used to mimic and fulfill some functions of biological blood. It aims...
    25 KB (2,748 words) - 01:35, 4 September 2024
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    Cmax in the blood plasma. It is denoted by the abbreviation t 1 2 {\displaystyle t_{\frac {1}{2}}} . This is used to measure the removal of things such...
    23 KB (2,515 words) - 08:39, 9 October 2024
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    Laminectomy (category Surgical removal procedures)
    conservative treatments (e.g., small endoscopic procedures, without bone removal) may be viable. The lamina is a posterior arch of the vertebral bone lying...
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  • Thumbnail for Trisodium citrate
    preservation of blood in blood banks. The citrate ion chelates calcium ions in the blood by forming calcium citrate complexes, disrupting the blood clotting...
    9 KB (718 words) - 02:26, 29 October 2024
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    Hypoglycemia (redirect from Low Blood Sugar)
    hypoglycaemia or hypoglycæmia (British English), sometimes called low blood sugar, is a fall in blood sugar to levels below normal, typically below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L)...
    65 KB (6,264 words) - 07:22, 23 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fecal occult blood
    Fecal occult blood (FOB) refers to blood in the feces that is not visibly apparent (unlike other types of blood in stool such as melena or hematochezia)...
    41 KB (4,711 words) - 05:44, 25 September 2024
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