Epistaxis in Emergency Medical Practice in ENT Clinic Brasov

Abstract

Epistaxis is a common reason for emergency in ENT, frequently met in patients treated with anticoagulants to prevent the appearance, development and relapse of arterial or venous thrombosis and allergic complications This is a retrospective 14 months (February 2007 – April 2008) comparative statistic study of clinical cases of ENT haemorrhages presented in Emergency ENT Unit of the Emergency Clinical Hospital of Brasov County reevaluated for the period 01.01.2012-31.05.2012. A number of 431 patients were evaluated in the first study and 366 in the second. As a conclusion, we noticed the unfavourable influence of associated pathology typical to ageing patients or given by unsuitable associations of medicines.