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National ENT Trainee Research Network. The British Rhinological Society multidisciplinary consensus recommendations on the hospital management of epistaxis. J Laryngol Otol. 2017 Dec;131(12):1142-56. Abstract

ENT UK. Nose bleed (epistaxis): global ENT guideline. March 2023 [internet publication].Full text

ENT UK. Guideline for management of idiopathic epistaxis in adults. March 2019 [internet publication].Full text

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