The impact of frailty on epistaxis admission, a retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: Epistaxis is frequently managed with intra-nasal packing devices, traditionally requiring patient admission. Current COVID-19 guidelines encourage ambulatory care where possible in this patient cohort. This paper aims to establish the impact of the Clinical Frailty Scale, anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapeutics and season variation on pre-pandemic admissions to help identify patients suitable for ambulatory epistaxis management.

The pathology of visible blood vessels on the nasal septum in children with epistaxis.

Objective: Epistaxis is common in children, but its cause remains unknown. About half the children who present with epistaxis have prominent vessels on the nasal septum. The aim of this study was to determine the pathological nature of the prominent septal vessels in children with recurrent epistaxis.

Childhood epistaxis and nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus.

Objective: Epistaxis is very common in children but its cause remains unknown. We postulate that nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus leads to inflammation, crusting, and ultimately new vessel formation.

Study Design: A prospective case-control study.

Laser epiglottopexy for laryngomalacia: 10 years' experience in the west of Scotland.

Objectives: To determine the results of laser epiglottopexy and to compare them with other surgical techniques for severe laryngomalacia.

Design: A retrospective 10-year case note review of laser epiglottopexy for severe laryngomalacia.

Setting: Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland.