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- Caustic_pencil abstract "A caustic pencil (or silver nitrate stick) is a device for applying topical medication containing silver nitrate and potassium nitrate, used to chemically cauterize skin, providing hemostasis or permanently destroying unwanted tissue such as a wart, skin tag, aphthous ulcers, or over-production of granulation tissue. They are not used as a treatment for minor skin cuts, and should not to be confused with a styptic pencil.The silver and potassium nitrates in caustic pencils is in a dried, solid form at the tip of a wooden or plastic stick. When the material is applied to a wound or lesion, the tissue moisture or blood dissolves the dried nitrate salts, which then chemically burn the tissue. It requires moisture for activation.Silver nitrate sticks are often used for minor hemostasis where patients are not under general anesthesia, and where electrocautery would be painful and inconvenient. One common use of silver nitrate sticks is in Emergency Medicine, to control epistaxis (nosebleed). The stick is rolled on the affected mucous membrane or visible blood vessel in the nares (nostril) where the chemical cauterization stops the minor bleeding.If the bleeding is too copious, the chemical cautery may not be effective, as the flowing blood can wash away the chemical before it can react with the tissue. It can also be accidentally spread to undesirable locations where it can cause skin staining and tissue burns. This is especially important, as it is often used in the nose where accidental aerosolization can occur, splattering the clinician or other parts of the patient and causing unintentional burns. Accidental application to unintended tissue is treated with copious water irrigation.".
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- Caustic_pencil wikiPageID "5620659".
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageLength "2467".
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageOutDegree "15".
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageRevisionID "684800577".
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Acrochordon.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Antihemorrhagic.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Aphthous_stomatitis.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Category:Medical_equipment.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Cauterization.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Granulation_tissue.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Hemostasis.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Nosebleed.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Nostril.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Pharmaceutical_drug.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Potassium_nitrate.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Silver_nitrate.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink Wart.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLink File:Caustic_pencil.png.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLinkText "Caustic pencil".
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageWikiLinkText "caustic pencil".
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Refimprove.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Caustic_pencil wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Surgery-stub.
- Caustic_pencil subject Category:Medical_equipment.
- Caustic_pencil hypernym Device.
- Caustic_pencil type Device.
- Caustic_pencil type Redirect.
- Caustic_pencil comment "A caustic pencil (or silver nitrate stick) is a device for applying topical medication containing silver nitrate and potassium nitrate, used to chemically cauterize skin, providing hemostasis or permanently destroying unwanted tissue such as a wart, skin tag, aphthous ulcers, or over-production of granulation tissue.".
- Caustic_pencil label "Caustic pencil".
- Caustic_pencil sameAs Q5054685.
- Caustic_pencil sameAs m.0dwqqb.
- Caustic_pencil sameAs Q5054685.
- Caustic_pencil wasDerivedFrom Caustic_pencil?oldid=684800577.
- Caustic_pencil depiction Caustic_pencil.png.
- Caustic_pencil isPrimaryTopicOf Caustic_pencil.