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Standardised management of atraumatic epistaxis for improved outcomes in an emergency department with off-site ear, nose and throat cover - A quality improvement project

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Otorhinolaryngology services are not available in all hospitals and atraumatic epistaxis is a common presentation to Emergency Departments (ED). Not all ED staff are experienced in managing epistaxis and there appeared to be a high rate of re-bleeding after treatment provided. W...

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Autores principales: Obuseh, Eziefa, O'Conor, Emily
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7700982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33299750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2020.07.001