Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Epistaxis
Publication details
Stephanie Edwards, MBChB, MRCS, Vinod Prabhu, FRCS (ORL), Conor Marnane, FRCS (ORL)
Foundation Years Journal, volume 7, issue 4, p.10 (123Doc Education, London, April 2013)
Abstract
A 59-year-old man presents to the A&E department with a right sided epistaxis. He states that the bleeding started in the early hours of the morning and would not stop with simple nasal pressure. He is unable to estimate how much blood he has lost, but brings with him a number of blood-stained tissues. He mentions that he has had some smaller bleeds recently but did not need to seek medical assistance. He has a history of hypertension and takes aspirin. He is actively bleeding on presentation.
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Authors
Stephanie Edwards, MBChB, MRCS
CT2 ENT
Singleton Hospital,
Swansea, UK
sjedwards@doctors.org.uk
Vinod Prabhu, FRCS (ORL)
Specialist Registrar ENT
Singleton Hospital,
Swansea, UK
Conor Marnane, FRCS (ORL)
Consultant Otolaryngologist – Head and Neck Surgery
Singleton Hospital,
Swansea, UK
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