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Coagulants
Medical Definition: | Exogenous substances used to promote blood coagulation. The endogenous BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS are considered to be coagulants only when administered as drugs. |
Guide Notes: | consider also BLOOD COAGULATION /drug eff |
Previously Indexed: | Hemostatics (1966-1974) |
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. | |
Heparin Antagonists - Coagulant substances inhibiting the anticoagulant action of heparin. |
Coagulants Medical Definitions and Terms
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