A MODIFIED NASAL TAMPONADE WITH FOAM RUBB ER PROTECTION FOR TREATING NOSEBLEEDS

Citation
E. Gehrking et H. Weerda, A MODIFIED NASAL TAMPONADE WITH FOAM RUBB ER PROTECTION FOR TREATING NOSEBLEEDS, Laryngo-, Rhino-, Otologie, 74(7), 1995, pp. 463-464
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
ISSN journal
09358943
Volume
74
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
463 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-8943(1995)74:7<463:AMNTWF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We present a modification of a nosebleed catheter or nasal/nasopharyng eal tamponade in case of bleeding from the posterior nasal cavity. A p iece of foam rubber from a ''moist nose'' is cut to size and drawn ove r the famponade. The advantage of the method is that it protects the s ides of the patient's nose against pressure ulcers and prevents the ta mponade from sliding into the naso/oropharynx. Treatment would be mean ingfully complemented by continuous intravenous sedation of the patien t by combining a peripheral with a central analgesic.