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...

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Main Authors: Yoshiya Kobayashi, Yoshinori Komazawa, Mika Yuki, Hitomi Ishitobi, Makoto Nagaoka, Yoshiko Takahashi, Sayaka Nakashima, Toshihiro Shizuku, Yoshikazu Kinoshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018-01-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-124366