John G Meechan
Senior Lecturer, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle uponTyne, NE2 4BW, UK
Haemostasis part 2: medications that affect haemostasis
Neal J McCormickPrescribed medications are used to reduce the risk of a thrombo-embolic event. A thrombus is most likely to occur within a damaged vessel or heart wall. The pathologist Rudolph Virchow adopted a triad...
Haemostasis part 1: the management of post-extraction haemorrhage
Neal J McCormickA sound knowledge of the physiology of haemostasis is important in understanding how haemorrhage may occur. A full description of the process is outside the remit of this paper; however, several key...