Arterialise (Verb)
Meaning
Change venous blood into arterial blood.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The oxygenator in the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit helps to arterialise the blood of a critically ill patient.
- To effectively arterialise blood in the dialyzer, the gas composition must be precisely controlled.
- The primary goal of oxygen therapy is to arterialise hypoxemic blood by increasing the partial pressure of oxygen in the blood.
- During cardiopulmonary bypass, the heart-lung machine is used to arterialise the blood to meet the body's oxygen demands.
- The artificial lung's ability to arterialise deoxygenated blood makes it a promising technology for future organ replacement therapies.