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Table 7 Reasons for admission

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

Reason for Admission

Number of Patients

Treatment (Floseal) (N = 13)

Control(N = 13)

>2 previous packing attemptsa

0

1

Pneumonia

0

1

Hemoglobin <70

0

1

New onset a-fib

1

0

Cardiac Surgery

0

1

Systolic Blood Pressure > 180

0

1

Sphenopalatine artery ligation

1

1

  1. aPrevious packing by non-OHNS clinician