Evaluation of aetiology and efficacy of management protocol of epistaxis.

Background: Epistaxis is one of the commonest medical emergencies. It affects all age groups and both sexes. The cause may be local or systemic but in majority it is spontaneous and idiopathic.

An experience of 42 cases of bronchoscopy at Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals, Swat.

Background: The objectives of our study were to find out the frequency in terms of age and sex of the patients, type and site of foreign bodies, clinical manifestations and management with rigid ventilating bronchoscope.

Methods: It was a descriptive study carried out in the department of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at Saidu Teaching Hospital swat, and was conducted from March 2005 to March 2006. A total of 42 cases collected from March 2005 to March 2006, admitted through casualty, OPD and referred by pediatric unit.