Blood flow distribution in sorbent beds: Analysis of a new sorbent device for hemoperfusion

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-130

  Ronco, Claudio ^a,b   Ghezzi, P M ^a   Morris, A ^a   Rosales, L ^a   Wang, E ^a   Zhu, F ^a   Metry, G ^a   De Simone, L ^a   Rhamati, S ^a   Adhikarla, R ^a   Bashir, A ^a   Manzoni, C ^a   Spittle, M ^a   Levin, N W ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Flow distribution; Middle molecules

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; PROJECTILES; SCANNING; SORBENTS; SORPTION;

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW DISTRIBUTION; FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HAEMATOCRIT; HAEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPERFUSION; IN-VITRO; MIDDLE MOLECULE; POLYMER-BASED SORBENTS; SPECIAL IMAGING;

MOLECULES;

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DEVICE; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; FLOW RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034030585     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880002300211     Document Type: Article

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