Epistaxis, nasal hemorrhage, nosebleed, bloody nose, anterior bleed, posterior bleed
1. Description of the problem Basic information Epistaxis is the most common otolaryngologic emergency, with an overall incidence of 108 per 100,000 per year. Sixty percent of the populace at large will have at least 1 episode of epistaxis in their lifetime. Though epistaxis in the ICU may have a larger subset of the difficult…
