OBJECTIVE To analyze the characteristics of patients who needed a blood transfusion due to epistaxis-caused anemia and to define potential risk factors. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING A total cohort of 591 epistaxis patients, prospectively included between March 2007 and April 2008 at the ENT department of the University Hospital of Zurich, was evaluated concerning the need for ...

BACKGROUND Epistaxis is the most common complication of nasotracheal intubation. We compared endotracheal tubes (ETT) obturated with an inflated esophageal stethoscope with normal ETTs with regard to the prevention of epistaxis and navigability, both with and without thermosoftening. METHODS Dental surgical patients requiring nasotracheal intubation were randomly allocated into 1 of 4 groups ...

Epistaxis is very frequented emergency faced by ENT practician around the world, commonly benign but can lead to dangerous morbidities if refractory. Surgical standard treatment and embolization endoscopic ligation are emergent routes of constituting main arsenal face refractory epistaxis with similar success rate. We thus report a low energy-traumatic bilateral posterior treated arterial no re...

BACKGROUND Classical dogma holds that epistaxis is more common in winter months but there is significant variability reported in the literature. No study has yet examined the effect of season, humidity and temperature on epistaxis in a location with as severe weather extremes as seen in Alberta, Canada. The objective of the study is to evaluate for an effect of these meteorological factors on t...

Background: To advance the science of immunization safety and “vaccinovigilance,” a globally acceptable, common vocabulary for adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) is needed to promote comparability of data. Methods: The Brighton Collaboration develops standardized case definitions and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation via participation of more than 500 experts...