Clinical Recommendations for Epistaxis Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic

@article{DAguanno2020ClinicalRF,
 title={Clinical Recommendations for Epistaxis Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic},
 author={Vittorio D’Aguanno and Massimo Ralli and Antonio Greco and Marco de Vincentiis},
 journal={Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery},
 year={2020},
 volume={163},
 pages={75 - 77},
 url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:218504582}
}
A simple memorandum of clinical recommendations to minimize the risk of operator infection deriving from epistaxis management is proposed and the use of filtering masks is strongly recommended since all patients, including those referring for epistaxis, should be treated as being COVID-19 positive in the emergency department.

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