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Descriptor English: Fibrin Foam
Descriptor Spanish: Espuma de Fibrina
Descriptor espuma de fibrina
Scope note: Esponja seca artificial estéril de fibrina preparada por coagular con trombina una espuma o solución de fibrinógeno. Se utiliza junto con la trombina como hemostástico en cirugía en sitios en donde no puede controlarse la hemorragia por métodos más comunes. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p648)
Descriptor Portuguese: Espuma de Fibrina
Descriptor French: Mousse de fibrine
Entry term(s): Fibrospum
Foam, Fibrin
Spongostan
Tree number(s): D12.776.124.270.302
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005339
Scope note: A dry artificial sterile sponge of fibrin prepared by clotting with thrombin a foam or solution of fibrinogen. It is used in conjunction with thrombin as a hemostatic in surgery at sites where bleeding cannot be controlled by more common methods. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p648)
Annotation: a hemostatic
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Hemostatics
Tissue Adhesives
Previous Indexing: Hemostatics (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 73; was FIBRIN FILM AND FOAM see under HEMOSTATICS 1963-72
Online Note: use FIBRIN FOAM to search FIBRIN FILM AND FOAM 1966-72 (as Prov)
History Note: 73; was FIBRIN FILM AND FOAM 1963-72 (Prov) see under HEMOSTATICS
DeCS ID: 5450
Unique ID: D005339
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Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/05/18
Fibrin Foam - Preferred
Concept UI M0008427
Scope note A dry artificial sterile sponge of fibrin prepared by clotting with thrombin a foam or solution of fibrinogen. It is used in conjunction with thrombin as a hemostatic in surgery at sites where bleeding cannot be controlled by more common methods. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p648)
Preferred term Fibrin Foam
Entry term(s) Foam, Fibrin
Fibrospum - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0008428
Preferred term Fibrospum
Spongostan - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0008429
Preferred term Spongostan



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