Intranasal use of QuickClot in a patient with uncontrollable epistaxis
Gurdeep, S.; Harvinder, S.; Philip, R.; Amanjit, K.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 61(1): 112-113
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 16708748 Document Number: 603653
A 60-year-old man who presented with nasopharyngitis developed uncontrollable epistaxis following a punch biopsy of the nasopharynx. QuickClot was successfully used to arrest the haemorrhage under general anaesthesia after the usual methods employed to secure haemostasis failed. The haemostatic plug was successfully removed a week later after control of the infection. This case represents the first reported intranasal use of QuickClot. We describe our experience and a literature review on this haemostatic agent.