Abstract
The relationship between blood group and epistaxis among the patients coming to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu with idiopathic epistaxis was studied. A total of 235 patients coming to the Emergency Department or Department of Otorhinolaryngology with active nose bleeding in were included. ABO blood group was performed. Nearly half (45.5%) of the patients belonged to O-group followed by A-group others. O-group people were also had longer bleeding time compared to other blood groups.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 264-265 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Nepal Medical College journal : NMCJ |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Dec 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |