Epistaxis

Emergency Medicine Consultant

Barts Health NHS Trust

Physician Response Unit Consultant

London’s Air Ambulance

Royal London Hospital

London

UK

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AA declares that he has no competing interests.

BMJ Best Practice would like to gratefully acknowledge the previous expert contributor, whose work has been retained in parts of the content:

Darren Pinder, BSc(Hons), MB BChir, MSc(Med Ed), FRCS(ORL)

Consultant ENT Surgeon

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust Bath

UK

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DP declares that he has no competing interests.

Lead Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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CP declares that she has no competing interests.

Head of Editorial, BMJ Knowledge Centre

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JH declares that she has no competing interests.

Lead Section Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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RW declares that she has no competing interests.

Comorbidities Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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JC declares that she has no competing interests.

Drug Editor, BMJ Best Practice

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AM declares that he has no competing interests.