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What is a coagulant?
Substance that promotes clotting
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What is an anticoagulant?
Substance that prevents clotting
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What are hemostatics?
Substances that cause bleeding to stop
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What are coagulation factors?
- Naturally occuring plasma substances that promote clotting
- Fibrinogen, prothrombin, thromboplastin, and calcium ions
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What is systemic?
System wide, all over the body?
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What is a thrombosis?
Blood clot, inside a blood vessel, blocking blood flow
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What is an embolism?
A blood clot, inside a blood vessel, that has broken free, and is freely traveling about the body
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What is a pulmonary embolism?
A clot that is blocking blood to the lungs
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What is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
- Effects deep veins in the lower legs and thigh
- Causes swelling and pain
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What are the 2 types of coagulants?
- Hemostatics
- Systemic coagulants
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What are the 3 types of absorbable gelatin?
- Gelfilm
- Gelfoam powder
- Gelfoam sponge
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What are the 2 Microfibrillar collagen Hemostats?
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What are the 3 types of Oxidized cellulose?
- Oxycel
- Surgicel
- Surgicel NuKnit
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What are the 5 types of absorbale collagen sponges?
- Collastat
- Helistat
- Hemopad
- Instat
- Superstat
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What is the 1 type of thrombin?
Thrombogen
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What is bone wax?
Beeswax that stops bones from bleeding
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What are 3 chemical hemostatics?
- tannic acid
- silver nitrate
- Monsel's solution
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What is parenteral?
Route of administration that involves piercing the skin or mucous membrane
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