Early experience with a polymethyl pentene oxygenator for adult extracorporeal life support

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 480-482

  Peek, Giles J ^a   Killer, Hilliary M ^a   Reeves, Richard ^a   Sosnowski, Andrezj W ^a   Firmin, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; COMPOSITION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

PENTENE OXYGENATOR;

OXYGENATORS;

FIBRINOGEN; POLYMER; POLYMETHYLPENTENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGENATOR; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036740362     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200209000-00007     Document Type: Article

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