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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient With Defective Hemostasis Successfully Treated with Ankaferd Blood Stopper
Author(s) -
Purnak Tugrul,
Ozaslan Ersan,
Beyazit Yavuz,
Haznedaroglu Ibrahim C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.3252
Subject(s) - medicine , hemostasis , phytotherapy , glycyrrhiza , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , urtica dioica , gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery , bleeding time , pharmacognosy , traditional medicine , platelet , platelet aggregation , endoscopy , biochemistry , alternative medicine , chemistry , pathology , biological activity , in vitro
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. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.