BET 1: Topical epinephrine in postcircumcision bleeding
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Peter Hulme; Alannah Madden
- Source
- Emergency medicine journal : EMJ. 38(4)
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Epinephrine
business.industry
General surgery
Administration, Topical
Hemorrhage
General Medicine
CINAHL
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Postoperative Complications
Topical epinephrine
Circumcision, Male
Child, Preschool
Surgical site
Emergency Medicine
medicine
Humans
Vasoconstrictor Agents
In patient
business
Emergency Service, Hospital
Paediatric emergency
- Language
- ISSN
- 1472-0213
In patients with postcircumcision bleeding, does topical epinephrine reduce bleeding? A 4-year-old boy attended the paediatric emergency department following a circumcision for religious reasons earlier that day. He had ongoing bleeding from the surgical site. Is there any evidence behind the use of topical epinephrine in the management of these patients? Using databases : CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE—last …