Excessive postextraction bleeding associated with Cordyceps sinensis: a case report and review of select traditional medicines used by Vietnamese people living in the United States
| Autor: | Dzung Le, Annie Vu, Michael N. Hatton, Kalpesh Kaushik Desai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Vietnamese MEDLINE Postoperative Hemorrhage Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Dentistry (miscellaneous) In patient Aged Medicine East Asian Traditional Cordyceps biology business.industry Prolonged bleeding biology.organism_classification Hemostasis Surgical United States Country of origin language.human_language Vietnam 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Tooth Extraction language Female Surgery Oral Surgery business Older people 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 126:494-500 |
| ISSN: | 2212-4403 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.oooo.2018.07.005 |
| Popis: | Many older people who have emigrated from Vietnam to the United States continue to use the traditional medicines that they used in their country of origin. Clinicians trained in the West may not be familiar with these products. We reviewed 6 Asian traditional medicines that are popular among older Vietnamese people living in the United States. Each medicine has significant side effects that can lead to complications in patients undergoing surgery. Here, we present the case of a patient who used Cordyceps sinensis daily as a tonic and experienced prolonged bleeding after dental surgery. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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