A prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial of petroleum jelly/Vaseline for recurrent paediatric epistaxis

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 266-269

  Loughran, S ^a,c   Spinou, E ^a   Clement, W A ^a   Cathcart, R ^a   Kubba, H ^b   Geddes, N K ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Epistaxis; Petroleum jelly; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOLLIENTS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PETROLATUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2542477161     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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