Topical hemostatic agents: A review

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-445

  Palm, Melanie D ^a   Altman, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; BONE WAX; BUCRILATE; CERTAIN DRI; COCAINE; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; FERRIC SUBSULFATE; FIBRIN GLUE; GELFOAM; GERANIUM EXTRACT; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIDOCAINE; MICROCRYSTALLINE COLLAGEN; NOTOGINSENG; OXIDIZED CELLULOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLY N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYMER; PRO QR POWDER; QUIKCLOT; SILVER NITRATE; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERAC AC; ZEOLITE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADHESION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARGYRIA; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BURNING SENSATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG COST; DRUG MECHANISM; EPITHELIZATION; ERYTHEMA; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN FIBROSIS; STROKE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TATTOO; THERMAL INJURY; THORAX PAIN; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; DERMATOLOGY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS;

EID: 41149177643     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34090.x     Document Type: Review

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