Objective: Epistaxis is one of the commonest causes of attendance of Otolaryngology emergency rooms. Given its incidence, potential severity and high recurrence rate, a systematic and careful management is mandatory. This work aims to define prognostic factors of epistaxis recurrence.
Material And Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of patients with epistaxis admitted to our emergency department from January 2012 to December 2016. Data of 1005 patients with idiopathic epistaxis were analysed and independent risk factors for recurrence were determined by multiple logistic regression analysis.
Results: Recurrence of epistaxis was found in 303 (30.1%) patients. Patients with recurrent epistaxis were older (p<.001) and more commonly had a history of hypertension (p=.001) and antiplatelet (p=.048) and anticoagulant (p=.001) use than those with episodic epistaxis. Age (adjusted OR 1.21, 95%CI 1.08-1.32, p=.003) and anticoagulant use (adjusted OR 2.68, 95%CI 1.94-3.70, p=.009) were predictors of increased risk of recurrent epistaxis. Gender, alcohol abuse, medical history, active bleeding at admission, unidentified bleeding point or treatment modalities were not associated with recurrence.
Conclusion: Age and use of anticoagulation drugs were risk factors for recurrence of epistaxis. None of the previously described risk factors for episodic epistaxis were found to increase the risk of recurrence. Knowledge of factors involved in recurrence might provide important information for assessment and management of increased risk patients.
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