Anaes Vivas · Cardiac anaesthesia & cardiopulmonary bypass
Equipment viva — the CPB machine
An equipment viva on the CPB machine — the pump (roller/centrifugal), the membrane oxygenator, the venous reservoir, the heat exchanger, the arterial filter; the flow, the pressure, the gas management.
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The heart-lung machine (the CPB pump) with the oxygenator, the reservoir, the heat exchanger. Describe its components and the operation.
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This is the heart-lung machine (the CPB pump) with the membrane oxygenator, the venous reservoir, the heat exchanger, and the tubing. Describe its components and the operation.
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- [4]Zheng C, et al. Microcirculation dysfunction and cardioprotection in cardiac surgery with CPB. Front Cardiovasc Med, 2026.PMID 42325669
- [42325670]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.