You are the emergency-department nurse caring for an 85-year-old patient with epistaxis. After unsuccessfully tying to stop the bleeding by direct pressure, nasal packing is inserted. You know that this puts the patient at increased risk for what?
A) Tonsillitis
B) Pharyngitis
C) Epiglotitis
D) Rhinosinusitis
Ans: D
Feedback: Rhinosinusitis in the elderly is often preceded by nasal packing for treatment of epistaxis. Nasal packing in the elderly does not increase their risk of tonsillitis, pharyngitis, or epiglotitis.
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