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Aluminum Chloride
Aka: Aluminum Chloride, Drysol, Xerac
- See Also
- Topical Hemostatic Agent
- Indications
- Hemostasis of minor bleeding typically following skin procedures (e.g. Shave Biopsy)
- Mechanism
- Topical Hemostatic Agent
- Hydrolyzes to form hydrogen chloride which has hemostatic and Vasoconstrictive properties
- Adverse Effects
- Local Paresthesias at application site
- References
- Berry in Schrage (2013) Topical Hemostatic Agents, Medscape Emedicine
- Peralta in Sanfrey (2013) Overview of Topical Hemostatic Agents and tissues adhesives used in the operating room, UpToDate, Wolters-Kluwer
- Achneck (2010) Ann Surg 251(2):217-28 [PubMed]