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Hemorrhage

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Definition: Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel.  GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; coord IM with organ/dis precoord (IM), not organ /blood supply; consider also terms for presence of blood within cavities, as HEMOTHORAX; HEMATOCOLPOS; etc.   
See Also Bloodletting; Phlebotomy
Examples Blood Loss, Surgical; Ecchymosis; Epistaxis; Exsanguination; Eye Hemorrhage; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Hemarthrosis; Hematocele; Hematoma; Hematuria; Hemobilia; Hemoperitoneum; Hemoptysis; Hemothorax; Intracranial Hemorrhages; Oral Hemorrhage; Postoperative Hemorrhage; Purpura; Retrobulbar Hemorrhage; Shock, Hemorrhagic; Uterine Hemorrhage 		Other names Hemorrhages; Bleeding
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with pulmonary hemorrhage  0   *Glomerulonephritis *Hemorrhage *Lung Diseases.
recombinant human thrombin  0   *Recombinant Proteins *Thrombin Hemorrhage Hemostatics Surgical Procedures, Operative.
antihemorrhagic factor  0   *Blood Proteins Hemorrhage/drug therapy. BBA 495:93;1977; Biochim Biophys Acta 285(2):414;1973

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