Open AccessPatterns of hospital admission with epistaxis for 26,725 patients over an 18-year period in Wales, UK
Author(s) -
S J C Fishpool,
Alun Tomkinson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1478-7083
pISSN - 0035-8843
DOI - 10.1308/003588412x13373405386691
Subject(s) - medicine , population , pediatrics , otorhinolaryngology , demography , surgery , environmental health , sociology
Epistaxis is the one of the most common otorhinolaryngology emergencies. This study examined the age and sex distribution of all patients admitted with epistaxis to National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in Wales, UK, over a period of 18 years and 9 months.