In adults with epistaxis that hasn’t stopped after nasal clip treatment does the use of lidocaine with phenylephrine anaesthetic spray topically prior to rapid rhino insertion vs no lidocaine with phenylephrine anaesthetic spray topically resolve epistaxis faster.

Date First Published:
December 19, 2022
Last Updated:
December 19, 2022
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N critchley, Advanced clinical practitioner (MCHFT)
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N Critchley, MCHFT
Three-Part Question:
[In adults with epistaxis that hasn't stopped after nasal clip treatment] [does the use of lidocaine anaesthetic spray topically prior to rapid rhino insertion vs no lidocaine anaesthetic spray topically] [resolve epistaxis faster?]