Shear-Thinning Nanocomposite Hydrogels for the Treatment of Hemorrhage

Internal hemorrhaging is a leading cause of death after traumatic injury on the battlefield. Although several surgical approaches such as the use of fibrin glue and tissue adhesive have been commercialized to achieve hemostasis, these approaches are difficult to employ on the battlefield and cannot...

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Main Authors: Assmann, Alexander, Paul, Arghya, Khademhosseini, Ali, Avery, Reginald Keith, Gaharwar, Akhilesh, McKinley, Gareth H, Olsen, Bradley D
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98531
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