Environmental factors differentially affect epistaxis among preschool and school-aged children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Environmental factors are closely associated with pediatric epistaxis. Whether this association differs according to age has not been previously reported. Therefore, we tried to evaluate the differences in associations between environmental factors and epistaxis in children of different ages.

Methods

A total of 20,234 patients with epistaxis who visited the hospital between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2015, were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided into two groups according to their ages: preschool-aged (<6 years) and school-aged children (6-18 years). Daily, monthly, and yearly data on environmental factors were collected. We performed a stepwise logistic regression to identify the potential environmental risk factors for epistaxis in each ag

SUBMITTER: Ahn EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10446964 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature