Epistaxis and its management
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Epistaxis management: is medical intervention required for inactive epistaxis?
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The first mention of epistaxis in medical literature dates back in the year 18672. Bleeding originating from the anterior nasal cavity was managed with packing the nostril with pledgets. When the bleeding was originating from the posterior nasal cavity, a pledget secured in a wire was passed down the nostril to tamponade the posterior nasal space and arrest the bleed. In 1901, McKenzie started ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 1897
ISSN: 0023-852X,1531-4995
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-189708000-00021