Hemostat
A hemostat ( ancient Greek αἷμα haíma "blood" and στάσις stásis "[still] stand") is a substance that is used to stop bleeding . Further synonyms are hematostatic , styptic , hemostyptic or hematostatic .
The term antihemorrhagic (Greek ἀντί anti “against”; ῥαγή rhagḗ “breaking open , tearing”) represents a summarizing, not clearly defined term. This refers to agents that increase the coagulability of the blood :
- Coagulation factors (e.g. factor VIII in hemophilia A or factor IX in hemophilia B, Von Willebrand factor in Willebrand-Jürgens syndrome )
- Desmopressin (e.g. when taking ASA to improve the function of the blood platelets )
- 4- (aminomethyl) benzoic acid increases the clumping of platelets with fibrin
- Platelet concentrates : contain blood platelets, e.g. B. with severe burns / injuries
- Protamine : drug that neutralizes heparin , a common anticoagulant
- Vitamin K 1 , used to neutralize coumarins ( antidote )
The counterpart, i.e. drugs that inhibit blood clotting, are anticoagulants .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst-Günther Grünbaum, Ernst Schimke (ed.): Clinic of dog diseases . 3. Edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8304-1021-2 , p. 121 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
