Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 592-596 , May 1995

Posterior Epistaxis: Clinical Features and Acute Complications

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 1993.

Received 25 July 1994 ,Revised 10 October 1994 ,Accepted 13 December 1994.

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☆ From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Akron City Hospital*, and the Department of Emergency Medicine‡ and Division of Community Health Sciences§, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, Ohio.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Michelle P Blanda, MD, FACEP, Department of Emergency Medicine, Akron City Hospital, 525 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio 44309-2090

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 592-596 , May 1995

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