Relationship between blood group and epistaxis among Nepalese.
The relationship between blood group and epistaxis among the patients coming to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu with idiopathic epistaxis was studied. A total of 235 patients coming to the Emergency Department or Department of Otorhinolaryngology with active nose bleeding in were included. ABO blood group was performed. Nearly half (45.5%) of the patients belonged to O-group followed by A-group others. O-group people were also had longer bleeding time compared to other blood groups.
Adhikari
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Department of ENT, TU Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. prakash_ooz@hotmail.com
Pramanik
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Pokharel
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Khanal
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D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System