Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Rizwan, Mohammad Zafar Rabbani, Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry.
Common Causes of Epistaxis - A Two Years Experience at Rawalpindi General Hospital.
J Surg Pak Jan ;6(2):2-3.

Epistaxis is a common ENT emergency. During the years 1999-2000, 205 patients with epistaxis presented at Department of ENT, Rawalpindi General Hospital. Hypertension (48%); trauma (37%) and upper respiratory tract infection (14%) were the common causes of epistaxis in old age young adults and children respectively. The site of bleeding in 98% of the cases was anterior and managed with anterior nasal packing, Only 2% of cases required postnasal packing.

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