Prevalencia de la epistaxis en adultos del área de emergencia del servicio de otorrinolaringología del Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, durante el periodo 2019 - 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: the majority of nasal bleeding represents one of the reasons why people go to the emergency department of the otolaryngology service. Objective: To identify the factors that allow the prevalence of epistaxis in adults in the emergency area of the otolaryngology service. Methodology: A retrospective, analytical prevalence study was carried out. The information search was carried out in the AS400 system by means of medical records that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A database was formed to prepare the respective tables and graphs of the study. Results: The database provided by the institution consisted of 940 patients, applying the exclusion criteria we have 227 patients for the investigation, in terms of the prevalence rate of patients with epistaxis who have been treated, where 37% of the patients that present epistaxis is due to hypertension; 20% due to allergic rhinitis and 4.85% being a lower percentage due to trauma. Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is a prevalence of epistaxis, especially in patients who have had a pathological history of either hypertension or allergic rhinitis.