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KMID : 0361020010440030288
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
2001 Volume.44 No. 3 p.288 ~ p.292
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Clinical Study of the Hospitalized Epistaxis Patients
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안병훈/Byung Hoon Ahn
남성일/김태종/손수길/신호철/김중강/Sung Il Nam/Tae Jong Kim/Su Gil Sohn/Ho Cheol Shin/Joong Gahng Kim
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Abstract
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Background and objectives : Epistaxis is often regarded as trivial disease, but it may cause serious situation and requires hospital admission. With the advent of nasal endoscopy, localizing the precise location of nasal bleeding is possible in
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cases and enables direct treatment rather than simple nasal packing. We analyzed the epistaxis patients who require hospital admission during recent 10 years. Materials and methods : One hundred and one patients who required hospital admission
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January 1990 to December 1999 due to intractable or recurrent epistaxis were included in this study. Records of the hospital admission were reviewed and analyzed retrospectively. Results : Male patients were predominant (72.1%) and the highest
age
distribution was in the 50's. Intervals between the initial attack of epistaxis and medical attention was 2-5 days (60.4%). The mean duration of hospital stay was 5-10 days (49.5%). The precise localization of bleeding point was possible in 98
cases
(81.6%), whereas some sites of bleeding revealed Little's area (35.0%) and nasal turbinates (28.3%). The most frequent preexisting structural abnormality and systemic illness were nasal septal deviation and hypertension. In hypertension patients,
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predominant age distribution was in the 60's(28.6%), and there was no difference in the bleeding frequency and the mode of management.
Conclusion : We analyzed the epistaxis patients who required
hospitalization. Nasal endoscopy enabled precise localization of the
epistaxis and prompt focused management rather than conservative
management.
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