(a.) Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion.
(n.) A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant.
Example Sentences:
(1) The technique is facilitated by an amazingly low tendency to bleeding.
(2) One must be suspicious of any gingival lesion, particulary if there is a sudden onset of bleeding or hyperplasia.
(3) Classical treatment combining artificial delivery or uterine manual evacuation-oxytocics led to the arrest of bleeding in 73 cases.
(4) If the latter is not readily correctable or if the patient is bleeding actively, anticoagulation with intermittent administration of heparin by the intravenous route is indicated.
(5) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(6) A newborn presenting with persistent umbilical stump bleeding should be screened for factor XIII deficiency when routine coagulation tests prove normal.
(7) The conus was found to contribute little to forward flow under ordinary circumstances, but its contribution increased greatly during bleeding or partial occlusion of the truncus.
(8) The antibody-hapten profiles revealed that the DNCB-fed animalss contained predominatly IgG2 in their serum by the time of their initial bleedings, whereas sensitized animals still contained a considerable proportion of more acidic antibodies having marked charge heterogeneity.
(9) As to complications they recorded in one case mucosal bleeding after gastrofiberoptic polypectomy and in one case a covered perforation of the sigmoid at the site of colonoscopic polypectomy.
(10) Prolongation of bleeding time did not correlate with degree of thrombocytosis.
(11) A prospective randomized trial involving 64 patients with bleeding peptic ulcers was performed to assess the efficacy of two modalities of injection therapy.
(12) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
(13) Following a dosage of 300,000 IU streptokinase the lysis was stopped because of severe bleeding from the urethrotomy scar.
(14) All 15 patients survived, and exploration of the cannulation site for bleeding was required in three patients.
(15) These findings imply that if bleeding occurs following revascularization, in addition to the use of replacement blood products, treatment should be directed at reducing the consumptive coagulopathy and inhibiting fibrinolysis.
(16) Early postoperative problems following aorto-ilio-femoral thrombendarterectomy include occlusion, bleeding and emboli.
(17) The use of the first oversulfation method provides slightly oversulfated derivatives which exhibit strong anticoagulant properties and may constitute effective antithrombotic drugs with no bleeding tendency, a side effect perhaps related to a high rate of sulfation.
(18) Mucosal bleeding and megakaryocytic hyperplasia occurred in all patients.
(19) The ideal prophylaxis should compensate for the undesired effects of an operation or injury on the coagulation system, without subjecting the patient to the danger of elevated tendency to bleed.
(20) A specific central vein catheter for puncture of the brachiocephalic vein has been developed which is provided with a valve by which air-embolism and unwanted bleeding from the catheter are eliminated.
Hemostatic
Definition:
(a.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.
(a.) Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.
(n.) A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.
Example Sentences:
(1) No biologic investigation of the hemostatic impairment could be performed under the emergency conditions of this field study.
(2) The present study examined the effects of repeated plasma exchanges with membrane filtration (Plasmaflux P2 membrane, 4.3 I human albumin solution) on the hemostatic system and on thyroid hormones in critically ill patients.
(3) The main objective of these experiments was to develop and characterize a new experimental model of venous thrombosis, and determine whether a combination of vascular wall damage (crushing with hemostat clamps) and prolonged stasis produced more reproducible clots than prolonged stasis per se.
(4) These results suggest that simultaneous measurements of XDP and plasmin-alpha 2PI complex in plasma would be valuable for the pharmacological or hemostatic assessment of thrombolytic therapy.
(5) All hemostatic variables were significantly (P less than 0.05) increased postexercise.
(6) Numerous hemostatic factors are involved in thrombosis.
(7) An argon beam coagulator was evaluated in 25 canine partial nephrectomies to determine its hemostatic capabilities, safety and degree of thermal injury to renal parenchyma.
(8) FUT showed regional anticoagulability, in which anticoagulating effects were firmly limited in extracorporeal circuit, and hemostatic time after ECC was significantly shortened by the use of FUT.
(9) Only those aspects of the hemostatic mechanism most relevant to the antithrombotic action of heparin and warfarin are discussed.
(10) Salvage cystectomy is a surgical procedure performed for hemostatic purposes in patients with massive hematuria, in addition to playing an symptomatic and humanitarian role.
(11) Routine laboratory parameters of the hemostatic system were normal with the exception of blood fibrinolytic activity.
(12) The disadvantage is that agents used to prevent thrombosis can place the hemostatic mechanism in jeopardy.
(13) Based on the cellular distribution of TF, it is hypothesized that intravascular initiation of coagulation requires induced expression by intravascular cells, and that the normal distribution of TF represents a hemostatic "envelope" ready to activate coagulation when vascular integrity is disrupted.
(14) The hemostatic effectiveness of the concentrate appeared to be satisfactory relative to untreated concentrates.
(15) Since the presentation was a frank breech at the end of the 39th week of pregnancy, cesarean section delivery was performed under good hemostatic control with transfusion of 7.3 x 10(11) platelets.
(16) These ointments, which are marketed as nonsterile products, are similar to those used for hemostatic packing in otolaryngologic surgery.
(17) Since patient platelet volumes were smaller than those of controls, these findings might be explained by deficiency of the larger hemostatically active type of platelet as a consequence of either bone marrow failure or splenic sequestration.
(18) Our results suggest that tumor necrosis factor could play an important part in the early activation of the hemostatic mechanism in septicemia.
(19) The favorable evolution and minimal hemostatic alterations in the majority of the patients with intrauterine fetal death, when early obstetric management was established, are discussed.
(20) Several hemostatic modalities should be available and applied depending on the anatomic location and type of bleeding lesions.