Tandem oral, rectal, and nasal administrations of Ankaferd Blood Stopper to control profuse bleeding leading to hemodynamic instability.
Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) (Ankaferd Health Products Ltd., Istanbul, Turkey) is a standardized unique combined medicinal plant extract, which has been approved in the management of postsurgery dental bleeding and external hemorrhage in Turkey. ABS induces a very rapid formation (<1 second) of a specific hemostatic protein network within vital erythroid aggregation in the injured vascular area. The data on the efficacy of ABS in gastrointestinal (GI) system bleeding is limited to case reports only. Here, we present a patient with a severe GI mucosal bleeding and nasal hemorrhage leading to hemodynamic instability, which was successfully controlled via the topical application of high-dose ABS.
Kurt
Mevlut
M
Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Teaching and Research Hospital, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. dr.mevlutkurt@gmail.com
Oztas
Erkin
E
Kuran
Sedef
S
Onal
Ibrahim K
IK
Kekilli
Murat
M
Haznedaroglu
Ibrahim C
IC
D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000285:Administration, Rectal; D000368:Aged; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D006490:Hemostatics; D010936:Plant Extracts; C539751:ankaferd blood stopper