A possible cause of epistaxis: increased masked hypertension prevalence in patients with epistaxis
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Epistaxis in geriatric patients.
AIM Epistaxis is a common emergency in otolaryngology. The aim of this study is to analyze the etiology, management, and accompanying disorders of epistaxis in geriatric patients by reviewing the literature MATERIALS AND METHODS Data of 117 patients 65 years old and older who presented to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology with active epistaxis between 2004 and 2010 were retrospectively re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1808-8694
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.01.007