Efficacy of ice packs in the management of epistaxis

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-547

  Teymoortash, A ^a   Sesterhenn, A ^a   Kress, R ^a   Sapundzhiev, N ^a   Werner, J A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epistaxis; Ice packs; Nasal mucosal blood flow; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344513308     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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