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Hemostasis |
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hemostasis /he·mo·sta·sis/ (he?mo-sta´sis) (he-mos´tah-sis) 1. the arrest of bleeding by the physiological properties of vasoconstriction and coagulation or by surgical means. 2. interruption of blood flow through any vessel or to any anatomical area.
Hemostasis The stopping of bleeding or blood flow through a blood vessel or organ. Mentioned in: Bleeding Time, Hypercoagulation Disorders hemostasis (hē´mōstā´sis), n the arrest of an escape of blood. hemostasis arrest of the escape of blood by either natural (clot formation or vessel spasm) or artificial (compression or ligation) means, or the interruption of blood flow to a part, or the artificial stimulation of clotting, e.g. electrocautery, topical collagen. pressure-pad hemostasis direct pressure applied with sponges to low-pressure bleeding points. |
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Best Practice in Transfusion Specimen Labelling: Declaration of positive patient identification, Conference Paper, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand, Australia and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion, Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Sydney, 2005. A study in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis suggests that your heart will benefit more from a glass of wine. Post tonsillectomy pain with selective diathermy haemostasis. |
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