Etiopathogenia of the epistaxis admitted by emergencies service. Analysis and considerations in 250 consecutive patients
Pino Rivero, V.; Pardo Romero, G.; González Palomino, A.; Pantoja Hernández, C.G.; Mora Santos, M.E.; Rodríguez Carmona, M.; del Castillo Beneyto, F.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos 34(4): 315-322
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-8874 PMID: 17844950 Document Number: 614333
Epistaxis represent a relatively common symptom in the hospitalary Emergencies Services. In our casuistry of 250 consecutive patients assisted and admitted because of that cause in 2 different hospitals of the region between 1996 and 2005, we have noticed the presence of one or more base pathologies or risk factors in originate most of them which could the nose bleeding. These causes are analysed beside the location of the epistaxis and the different treatment options that were used until its resolution.