Bilateral epistaxis in children: efficacy of bilateral septal cauterization with silver nitrate

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1439-1442

  Link, T Roxanne ^a,b   Conley, Stephen F ^a,b   Flanary, Valerie ^a,b   Kerschner, Joseph E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral epistaxis; Children; Complications; Silver nitrate

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOSE SEPTUM; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TATTOO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CAUTERY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPISTAXIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL SEPTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER NITRATE;

EID: 33744984423     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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