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Table 5 Summary of hemostasis, admission and re-presentation rates comparing treatment (Floseal® (Baxter, USA)) to control (traditional packing methods)

From: Management of Persistent Epistaxis Using Floseal Hemostatic Matrix vs. traditional nasal packing: a prospective randomized control trial

 

Treatment (Floseal) (N = 13)

Control

(N = 13)

p-valuea

Hemostasis Post-Treatment

10 (76.9%)

11 (84.6%)

1.0000

Hemostasis at 48-h

10 (76.9%)

9 (69.2%)

1.0000

Admission Required

2 (15.4%)

6 (46.1%)

0.2016

30 Day ED Re-Presentation

2 (15.4%)

6 (46.1%)

0.2016

Adverse Events

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1.0000

  1. a α = 0.05, significant results in bold using Fisher’s exact test