"Fibrin Foam" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dry artificial sterile sponge of fibrin prepared by clotting with thrombin a foam or solution of fibrinogen. It is used in conjunction with thrombin as a hemostatic in surgery at sites where bleeding cannot be controlled by more common methods. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p648)
| Descriptor ID |
D005339
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.270.302
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibrin Foam" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison of poly-N-acetyl glucosamine with commercially available topical hemostats for achieving hemostasis in coagulopathic models of splenic hemorrhage. J Trauma. 2004 Jul; 57(1 Suppl):S29-32.