Open AccessEpistaxis: A retrospective clinical study
Author(s) -
Saurabh Varshney,
Rakesh Saxena
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02907666
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , etiology , head and neck surgery , surgery , pediatrics , physics , optics
Epistaxis is a common otolaryngologic problem. A 2.5 years retrospective study (June 1998 December 2000) of patients attending outdoor or indoor services of Department of ENT with complaint of nasal bleeding was done. The study was conducted on 88 patients for the incidence, age and sex relation, etiological factors, clinical findings, and treatment methods for epistaxis.