Comparison of poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (P-GlcNAc) with absorbable collagen (Actifoam), and fibrin sealant (Bolheal) for achieving hemostasis in a swine model of splenic hemorrhage

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 454-458

  Chan, Michele W ^a   Schwaitzberg, Steven D ^a   Demcheva, Marina ^c   Vournakis, John ^c   Finkielsztein, Sergio ^b   Connolly, Raymond J ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Marine Polymer Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; COLLAGEN; FIBRIN GLUE; GLUCOSAMINE DERIVATIVE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMOSTASIS; HEPARINIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; SWINE;

EID: 0034029856     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200003000-00013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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