Management of epistaxis in the oral and maxillofacial surgery setting: An update on current practice

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-29

  Mahmood, Shaukat ^a,b   Lowe, Terrence ^a  

^a W of Scotland Maxillofacial Service   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY LIGATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON CATHETER; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPISTAXIS; ETHMOID BONE; HUMAN; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ORAL SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; ALGORITHM; DECISION TREE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEMOSTASIS; NOSE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; EPISTAXIS; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; NOSE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0037507443     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2003.10     Document Type: Article

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