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

DUI

D005339 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0008427

Previous indexing

Hemostatics (1966-1972)

History note

73; was FIBRIN FILM AND FOAM 1963-72 (Prov) see under HEMOSTATICS

Online note

use FIBRIN FOAM to search FIBRIN FILM AND FOAM 1966-72 (as Prov)

Public note

73; was FIBRIN FILM AND FOAM see under HEMOSTATICS 1963-72