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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.
Overview
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.It is more common in children and elderly patients
Epidemiology
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. [2]
Age
Patients of all age groups may experience epistaxis, but it is more prevalent in children and elderly patients.[3]
Race
Based on some studies epistaxis is more common in Caucasian compared with African-Americans.
Gender
Epistaxis is more common in males.[4]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Côrte, Filipa Camacho; Orfao, Tiago; Dias, Cláudia Camila; Moura, Carla Pinto; Santos, Margarida (2018). "Risk factors for the occurrence of epistaxis: Prospective study". Auris Nasus Larynx. 45 (3): 471–475. doi:10.1016/j.anl.2017.07.021. ISSN 0385-8146.