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Equipment and Supplies > Surgical Equipment > Artificial Organs > Infusion Pumps

Preferred term

Infusion Pumps  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Infusion Pump
  • Infusor
  • Infusors
  • Perfusion Pump
  • Perfusion Pumps
  • Pump, Infusion
  • Pump, Perfusion
  • Pumps, Infusion
  • Pumps, Perfusion

Note

  • /psychol permitted; coord IM with drug /admin (IM); INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE is also available

Scope note

  • Fluid propulsion systems driven mechanically, electrically, or osmotically that are used to inject (or infuse) over time agents into a patient or experimental animal; used routinely in hospitals to maintain a patent intravenous line, to administer antineoplastic agents and other drugs in thromboembolism, heart disease, diabetes mellitus (INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS is also available), and other disorders.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007260

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