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Epistaxis management: is medical intervention required for inactive epistaxis?
OBJECTIVES This study aims to discuss the management and the follow-up approach in patients with epistaxis. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 367 patients with epistaxis (209 males, 158 females; mean age 52.6±18.3 years; range 18 to 85 years) admitted to the Adult Emergency Department of a university hospital between January 2000 and December 2004 were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Of pat...
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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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2090-7125
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2007.17780