title: Management of epistaxis in children.
abstract: A randomised clinical trial of antiseptic nasal carrier cream (Naseptin) and silver nitrate cautery in the treatment of epistaxis in children was carried out. Fifty-four percent responded to cautery with silver nitrate and 50% to treatment with Naseptin antiseptic carrier cream. There were 24 patients in each group. No statistically significant difference was observed between the groups when tested with the chi 2 test. We believe that the first line treatment of epistaxis in children should be the use of antiseptic nasal cream.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruddy
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Proops
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pearman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ruddy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002425:Cautery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009355:Neomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D012835:Silver Nitrate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; C070815:Naseptin; D012835:Silver Nitrate; D009355:Neomycin; D002710:Chlorhexidine