Biomaterial Database

Hemostatic agents. 2011

Orrett E Ogle, and Jason Swantek, and Amandip Kamoh

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center, 760 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11206, USA. Orrett.Ogle@WoodhullHC.NYCHHC.org

Hemostasis is an integral and very important aspect of surgical practice. As a rule, most bleeding from dental surgery can be controlled by pressure. When the application of pressure does not yield satisfactory results, or where more effective hemostasis is required, hemostatic agents are used. These agents act to stop bleeding either mechanically or by augmenting the coagulation cascade. Some of the newer agents that are available to the dental profession have been presented.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006487	Hemostasis	The process which spontaneously arrests the flow of BLOOD from vessels carrying blood under pressure. It is accomplished by contraction of the vessels, adhesion and aggregation of formed blood elements (eg. ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION), and the process of BLOOD COAGULATION.	Hemostases
D006488	Hemostasis, Surgical	Control of bleeding during or after surgery.	Surgical Hemostasis,Hemostases, Surgical,Surgical Hemostases
D006490	Hemostatics	Agents acting to arrest the flow of blood. Absorbable hemostatics arrest bleeding either by the formation of an artificial clot or by providing a mechanical matrix that facilitates clotting when applied directly to the bleeding surface. These agents function more at the capillary level and are not effective at stemming arterial or venous bleeding under any significant intravascular pressure.	Antihemorrhagic,Hemostatic,Antihemorrhagics
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man