Clinical Study
Merocel Surgicel Wrap Technique to Manage Diffuse Epistaxis in Patients with Comorbidities
| Pt. number | Age | Sex | Risk factor | Anticoagulation use | Site | Pain (out of 10) | Previous epistaxis | Complication |
| 1 | 8 | Male | None | Yes | Unilateral | N/A | Yes | Rebleeding | 2 | 65 | Male | HTN | No | Bilateral | 6 | Yes | None | 3 | 72 | Male | Cardiac/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 6 | Yes | None | 4 | 51 | Male | Cardiac/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | N/A | Yes | None | 5 | 68 | Male | DM/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 5 | Yes | Non | 6 | 48 | Male | HTN | Yes | Bilateral | N/A | Yes | None | 7 | 76 | Male | Cardiac/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 6 | Yes | Non | 8 | 56 | Male | HTN | Yes | Unilateral | 7 | Yes | None | 9 | 100 | Male | HTN | Yes | Bilateral | N/A | Yes | None | 10 | 19 | Female | Renal failure | Yes | Bilateral | 7 | Yes | None | 11 | 53 | Female | DM/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 8 | Yes | None | 12 | 57 | Female | Cardiac/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 5 | Yes | None | 13 | 33 | Male | Cardiac | Yes | Bilateral | 4 | Yes | None | 14 | 89 | Male | DM/HTN | Yes | Yilateral | 6 | Yes | None | 15 | 64 | Male | Cardiac/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | N/A | Yes | None | 16 | 40 | Male | Renal failure | Yes | Bilateral | 5 | Yes | None | 17 | 59 | Female | DM/HTN | Yes | Unilateral | 4 | Yes | None | 18 | 72 | Male | DM/HTN | No | Unilateral | 5 | Yes | None | 19 | 60 | Female | DM/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 6 | Yes | None | 20 | 55 | Male | HTN | No | Bilateral | ā | Yes | None | 21 | 85 | Female | Cardiac DM/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | N/A | Yes | None | 22 | 61 | Male | HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 5 | Yes | None | 23 | 79 | Male | Renal failure | Yes | Unilateral | 4 | Yes | None | 24 | 77 | Female | DM/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 6 | Yes | None | 25 | 58 | Female | DM/HTN | Yes | Bilateral | 6 | Yes | None |
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N/A: for patients either in coma or intubated and sedated; DM: diabetes mellitus; HTN: hypertension.
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