A simplified circuit of modified ultrafiltration (MUF) is described. The technique
described is simple, inexpensive, allows both conventional ultrafiltration (CUF) and
modified ultrafiltration with minimum manipulation of the circuit, allows re-institution
of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in an emergency, reduces the risk of air embolism
and air cavitation and can be used in adults as well as children.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 1,
2006
Received in revised form:
September 23,
2006
Received:
May 11,
2006
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© 2006 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
