Medical Definitions Flashcards
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Severe Asthma
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severe asthma is defined as asthma that requires treatment with high dose inhaled corticosteroids plus a second controller and/or systemic corticosteroids to prevent it from becoming ‘‘uncontrolled’’ or asthma that remains ‘‘uncontrolled’’ despite this therapy.
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Hemoperfusion
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Hemoperfusion is the passage of blood through a column packed with granules of Amberlite resin which act as absorbents. In this procedure, physicochemical properties of an absorbent are used, while in hemodialysis there is a concentrational gradient between the blood and the solvent across the dialysis membrane.
