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== Overview ==
==Overview==
The diagnostic study of choice to find the source of epistaxis is rhinoscopy. In patients which rhinoscopy is not efficient to find the source vessel of bleeding,  internal carotid artery (ICA) angiography is the most efficient action to find the bleeding site.
The diagnostic study of choice to find the source of [[epistaxis]] is [[rhinoscopy]]. In patients which [[rhinoscopy]] is not efficient to find the source [[vessel]] of [[bleeding]][[internal carotid artery]] ([[Internal carotid artery|ICA]]) [[angiography]] is the most efficient action to find the [[bleeding]] site.


==Diagnostic study of choice==
==Diagnostic study of choice==
The diagnostic study of choice to find the source of epistaxis is rhinoscopy. In patients which rhinoscopy is not efficient to find vessel which bleeding, internal carotid artery (ICA) angiography is the most efficient action to find the bleeding site.<ref name="KrajinaChrobok2013">{{cite journal|last1=Krajina|first1=Antonín|last2=Chrobok|first2=Viktor|title=Radiological Diagnosis and Management of Epistaxis|journal=CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology|volume=37|issue=1|year=2013|pages=26–36|issn=0174-1551|doi=10.1007/s00270-013-0776-y}}</ref><ref name="TunkelAnne2020">{{cite journal|last1=Tunkel|first1=David E.|last2=Anne|first2=Samantha|last3=Payne|first3=Spencer C.|last4=Ishman|first4=Stacey L.|last5=Rosenfeld|first5=Richard M.|last6=Abramson|first6=Peter J.|last7=Alikhaani|first7=Jacqueline D.|last8=Benoit|first8=Margo McKenna|last9=Bercovitz|first9=Rachel S.|last10=Brown|first10=Michael D.|last11=Chernobilsky|first11=Boris|last12=Feldstein|first12=David A.|last13=Hackell|first13=Jesse M.|last14=Holbrook|first14=Eric H.|last15=Holdsworth|first15=Sarah M.|last16=Lin|first16=Kenneth W.|last17=Lind|first17=Meredith Merz|last18=Poetker|first18=David M.|last19=Riley|first19=Charles A.|last20=Schneider|first20=John S.|last21=Seidman|first21=Michael D.|last22=Vadlamudi|first22=Venu|last23=Valdez|first23=Tulio A.|last24=Nnacheta|first24=Lorraine C.|last25=Monjur|first25=Taskin M.|title=Clinical Practice Guideline: Nosebleed (Epistaxis)|journal=Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery|volume=162|issue=1_suppl|year=2020|pages=S1–S38|issn=0194-5998|doi=10.1177/0194599819890327}}</ref>
The diagnostic study of choice to find the source of [[epistaxis]] is [[rhinoscopy]]. In patients which [[rhinoscopy]] is not efficient to find [[vessel]] which [[bleeding]], [[internal carotid artery]] ([[Internal carotid artery|ICA]]) [[angiography]] is the most efficient action to find the [[bleeding]] site.
<ref name="ChaabanZhang2016">{{cite journal|last1=Chaaban|first1=Mohamad R.|last2=Zhang|first2=Dong|last3=Resto|first3=Vicente|last4=Goodwin|first4=James S.|title=Demographic, Seasonal, and Geographic Differences in Emergency Department Visits for Epistaxis|journal=Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery|volume=156|issue=1|year=2016|pages=81–86|issn=0194-5998|doi=10.1177/0194599816667295}}</ref> <ref name="BéquignonTeissier2017">{{cite journal|last1=Béquignon|first1=E|last2=Teissier|first2=N|last3=Gauthier|first3=A|last4=Brugel|first4=L|last5=De Kermadec|first5=H|last6=Coste|first6=A|last7=Prulière-Escabasse|first7=V|title=Emergency Department care of childhood epistaxis|journal=Emergency Medicine Journal|volume=34|issue=8|year=2017|pages=543–548|issn=1472-0205|doi=10.1136/emermed-2015-205528}}</ref>


*In posterior epistaxis, posterior [[rhinoscopy]] is needed to find the source of [[bleeding]].


* In posterior epistaxis, posterior rhinoscopy is needed to find the source of bleeding.
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Overview

The diagnostic study of choice to find the source of epistaxis is rhinoscopy. In patients which rhinoscopy is not efficient to find the source vessel of bleeding, internal carotid artery (ICA) angiography is the most efficient action to find the bleeding site.

Diagnostic study of choice

The diagnostic study of choice to find the source of epistaxis is rhinoscopy. In patients which rhinoscopy is not efficient to find vessel which bleeding, internal carotid artery (ICA) angiography is the most efficient action to find the bleeding site.


References