Upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with defective hemostasis successfully treated with ankaferd blood stopper.
Acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is one of the most frequent causes for hospitalization and responsible for a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients. Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) is a herbal extract attained from five different plants Thymus vulgaris, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Vitis vinifera, Alpinia officinarum and Urtica dioica. Here we report a challenging upper GI bleeding case with a low platelet count and defective hemostasis treated endoscopically with ABS as an adjunctive drug.
Purnak
Tugrul
T
Ozaslan
Ersan
E
Beyazit
Yavuz
Y
Haznedaroglu
Ibrahim C
IC
D000328:Adult; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D006490:Hemostatics; D010936:Plant Extracts; C539751:ankaferd blood stopper