TABLE 1.

Diagnoses, demographics, associated diseases, Ankaferd Blood Stopper^* (ABS) doses, and other procedures and drugs used to control bleeding in the present series

Diagnosis	Patient	Age/sex	Procedure (polyps removed, n)	ABS dose, mL	Drug	Associated disease
Mallory-Weiss tear	1	79/M	Hemoclips, adrenaline	7	Warfarin	Coronary artery disease, dilated cardiomyopathy
Esophageal lesion	2	85/M		40		Sepsis
Gastric lesion	3	77/M	Biopsy	6	ASA	Diabetes mellitus
	4	76/F	Biopsy	10		Hypertension, chronic hepatitis C
	5	83/M	Biopsy	9		Alzheimer’s disease, chronic hepatitis C
	6	76/F	Biopsy	15	Warfarin	Coronary artery disease
Polyp	7	58/F	Polypectomy (7)	14		Hypertension
Gastric	8	61/M	Polypectomy (2)	6	Warfarin	Hypertension, venous insufficiency
	9	72/F	Polypectomy (3)	18		Hypertension, diabetes mellitus
	10	75/F	Polypectomy (1)	5	ASA	Hypertension
	11	72/M	Polypectomy (2)	5	ASA
	12	45/F	Polypectomy (1), hemoclips, adrenaline	14
Duodenal	13	22/F	Polypectomy (2)	9		Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
	14	39/F	Polypectomy (1)	10		Chronic liver disease
Colon	15	58/M	Polypectomy (1)	3		Chronic hepatitis B
Rectal	16	67/F	Polypectomy (2)	10		Rheumatoid arthritis
	17	23/M	Submucosal dissection, hemoclips, adrenaline	40
Dieulafoy’s lesion	18	44/M	Hemoclips	10
	19	58/M	Hemoclips, adrenaline	84
Radiation colitis	20	71/M	Argon plasma coagulation	17 + 25	ASA	Coronary artery disease, hypertension, prostate cancer
	21	70/M	Argon plasma coagulation	15		Prostate cancer
	22	79/M	Argon plasma coagulation	15	ASA	Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, prostate cancer
Gastric antral vascular ectasia	23	62/F	Argon plasma coagulation	15		Diabetes mellitus, hypertension, COPD
	24	75/F	Argon plasma coagulation	20		Chronic hepatitis B
	25	66/F	Hemoclips	10		Cryptogenic cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, hypertension
Congestive gastropathy	26	83/M	–	10	ASA, warfarin	Right-sided heart failure

^*Ankaferd Health Products Ltd, Turkey. ASA Acetylsalicylic acid; COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; F Female; M Male