Perfusion

Status Exists in SNOMED
Category Brain Perfusion
Common Name Perfusion
Label None
Description Perfusion is measured as the rate at which blood is delivered to tissue, or volume of blood per unit time (blood flow) per unit tissue mass.
Background Passage of fluid through the circulatory system to an organ or tissue. The word is derived from the French verb “perfuser” meaning to “pour over or through”.
Devices Bowman Perfusion Monitor
Units mL/min/g
Metadata Blood flow volume, Temperature
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