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aprotinin

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aprotinin /apro·ti·nin/ (ap?ro-ti´nin) an inhibitor of proteolytic enzymes used to reduce perioperative blood loss in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass during coronary artery bypass graft.
a·pro·ti·nin (-prtn-n, -prt-)
n.
A natural polypeptide and protease inhibitor that affects blood clotting and is used during high-risk surgery, such as cardiopulmonary bypass, to reduce bleeding.
aprotinin (āprō´tnin),
n a protease and kallikrein inhibitor useful in the treatment of pancreatitis.
aprotinin
a polyvalent kallikrein-trypsin inhibitor extracted from bovine mast cells; used therapeutically to inhibit fibrinolysis and in the laboratory as a preservative in plasma samples.
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2) Commercially available fibrin glue is made up of two components: One component contains fibrinogen, aprotinin, and/or factor XIII, and the other is made up of human thrombin dissolved in a calcium chloride solution.
Fibrin glue in thyroid and parathyroid surgery: is under-flap suction ... by Rice, Dale H. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
84 TIU/mL aprotinin, and then held on ice until centrifugation at 14,000 rpm for 5 min at 4[degrees]C.
Reproductive disruption in wild longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) ... by Cheek, Ann Oliver / Environmental Health Perspectives
Medications like Amicar, which is used to inhibit bleeding, especially during heart surgery; Aprotinin, which reduces the need for transfusions during heart bypass surgery; Arithropoetin, a naturally occurring hormone that stimulates production of hemoglobin, and its synthetic copy, Epogen.
BLOODLESS COUP FEARS OF INFECTION AND RELIGIOUS DICTATES SPUR ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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