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Silver Nitrate
Aka: Silver Nitrate
- See Also
- Topical Hemostatic Agent
- Indications
- Hemostatic agent for small wounds
- Mechanism
- Topical Hemostatic Agent
- Silver Nitrate sticks applied to small bleeding sites release silver that binds tissue proteins
- Bound protein precipitates into a black eschar that obstructs small blood vessels
- Technique
- Clean bleeding site and apply local pressure
- Apply Silver Nitrate stick to bleeding site
- Adverse Effects
- Exercise care to avoid Tattooing (e.g. on face) and to avoid local spread and damage to adjacent tissue
- 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]