Management of epistaxis

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 305-312

  Kucik, Corry J ^a,b,c   Clenney, Timothy ^a,d,e,f  

^a NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^b Marine Corps Air Station   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DESMOPRESSIN; GELFOAM; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; PETROLATUM;

ANAMNESIS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON CATHETER; CAUTERIZATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEATH; EPISTAXIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TAMPON; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPISTAXIS; HUMANS; NASAL SEPTUM; TAMPONS, SURGICAL;

EID: 12344251763     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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