Use of anticoagulant or antiplatelet agents is not related to epistaxis in patients undergoing transnasal endoscopy
Background and study aims Unsedated transnasal endoscopy (uTNE) has become accepted as a safe and tolerable method for upper gastrointestinal tact examinations. Epistaxis is 1 of the major complications of TNE, though its risk factors have not been elucidated. Generally, patients administered an ant...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2018-01-01
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Series: | Endoscopy International Open |
Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-124366 |