1990
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1990.tb00432.x
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Epistaxis: a study of the relationship with weather

Abstract: Epistaxis is the commonest ENT emergency requiring hospital admission. A seasonal variation in the admission rate has been documented. The role of weather in accounting for this variation is uncertain. A retrospective review of 686 adult hospital admissions for idiopathic spontaneous epistaxis over a 2-year period in the Greater Glasgow area was carried out. The most significant weather parameter which correlated with monthly admissions was mean monthly temperature (Pearson's correlation coefficient -0.81, P l… Show more

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“…3,4 Epistaxis is thought to be more common in cold and dry seasons because of decreased humidity and subsequent drying of the nasal mucosa, but this has not been documented in a large US sample. [1][2][3][4][5] Finally, studies have not separated traumatic and atraumatic epistaxis, though they may have distinct epidemiology and comorbidities.…”
Section: Introduction Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3,4 Epistaxis is thought to be more common in cold and dry seasons because of decreased humidity and subsequent drying of the nasal mucosa, but this has not been documented in a large US sample. [1][2][3][4][5] Finally, studies have not separated traumatic and atraumatic epistaxis, though they may have distinct epidemiology and comorbidities.…”
Section: Introduction Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies which examined the age distribution in epistaxis employed very different age groups, complicating the comparison [1,15,26,28]. The demonstrated slight increase in the incidence of right-sided epistaxis in our created groups may also be random because the differences are small and no clear trend is visible in the left or the bilateral nosebleed.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…In our patients, the number of children was low, so that only a single-peaked age distribution was seen. The mean age of about 60 years corresponds to the data in the literature [7,10,15,19,22].…”
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confidence: 96%
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“…The frequency of admission is greatest in the autumn and winter months. 2 This seasonal variation correlates with fluctuations in the environmental temperature. 3 In the few reports found in literature, most research supports that there is a correlation between the frequency of epistaxis and at least one of the meteorological factors i.e.…”
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confidence: 99%