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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amir Behzad Bagheri, M.D.
Epidemiology
About 60 percent of people experienced epistaxis at least once, and about 6 percent of people looking for medical action at least once however, epistaxis is hardly lethal.Rate of epistaxis is more in children and old ages [1]
Prevalence
About 60 percent of American people experienced epistaxis at least once, and about 6 percent of people looking for medical action. [1]
Case-fatality rate/Mortality rate
Although epistaxis is the most common emergency in ENT, mortality from epistaxis is rare.
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Age
Epistaxis is more prevalnet in children and elderly patients.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tunkel, David E.; Anne, Samantha; Payne, Spencer C.; Ishman, Stacey L.; Rosenfeld, Richard M.; Abramson, Peter J.; Alikhaani, Jacqueline D.; Benoit, Margo McKenna; Bercovitz, Rachel S.; Brown, Michael D.; Chernobilsky, Boris; Feldstein, David A.; Hackell, Jesse M.; Holbrook, Eric H.; Holdsworth, Sarah M.; Lin, Kenneth W.; Lind, Meredith Merz; Poetker, David M.; Riley, Charles A.; Schneider, John S.; Seidman, Michael D.; Vadlamudi, Venu; Valdez, Tulio A.; Nnacheta, Lorraine C.; Monjur, Taskin M. (2020). "Clinical Practice Guideline: Nosebleed (Epistaxis)". Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. 162 (1_suppl): S1–S38. doi:10.1177/0194599819890327. ISSN 0194-5998.
- ↑ Anghel AG, Soreanu CC, Dumitru M, Anghel I (2014). "Treatment Options for Severe Epistaxis, the Experience of Coltea ENT Clinic". Maedica (Buchar). 9 (2): 179–82. PMC 4296762. PMID 25705275.
- ↑ Pallin, Daniel J.; Chng, Yi-Mei; McKay, Mary Patricia; Emond, Jennifer A.; Pelletier, Andrea J.; Camargo, Carlos A. (2005). "Epidemiology of Epistaxis in US Emergency Departments, 1992 to 2001". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 46 (1): 77–81. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.12.014. ISSN 0196-0644.