Epistaxis and mortality

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Epistaxis and mortality

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AbstractBackgroundEpistaxis is a common emergency presentation to ENT. The ‘Epistaxis 2016: national audit of management’ collected prospective data over a 30-day audit window in 113 centres. A 30-day all-cause mortality rate of 3.4 per cent was identified. This study examines in more detail the subgroup of patients who died during the audit period.MethodsThere were 985 eligible patients identified. Of these, 33 patients died within the audit period. World Health Organization bleeding score, Modified Early Warning System score, haemostasis time, source of referral, co-morbidities and cause of death were investigated from the dataset.ResultsPatients who died were more likely to come from a ward environment, have co-existing cardiovascular disease, diabetes or a bleeding diathesis, be on antithrombotic medication, or have received a blood transfusion. Patients did not die from exsanguination.ConclusionEpistaxis may be seen as a general marker of poor health and a poor prognostic sign.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1061-1066
Number of pages	0
Journal	The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
Volume	132
Issue number	12
Early online date	20 Nov 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022215118002013
Publication status	Published - Dec 2018
Externally published	Yes

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