Causes and management of epistaxis at a district hospital

need for hospital admission and and success rate patients was 38.30±23.69 years. Trauma was the of treatment modalities of epistaxis. commonest (46.9%) cause followed by Methodology: This study was conducted at hypertension (26.9%). Anterior epistaxis was Department of ENT, Mufti Mehmood Memorial commoner (61.45%) than posterior (20.75%). Teaching Hospital, D.I. Khan, Pakistan from Silver Nitrate Cautry was the commonest September 2010 to June 2012. All patients of (57.80%) treatment modality followed by anterior acute epistaxis due to any cause were included. nasal packing (31.3%). The success rate was Those in whom bleeding stopped spontaneously 91.80% for Silver Nitrate Cautry. were excluded. The data for the following nine Conclusion: Carrying good success rate, Silver variables was collected; gender, age in years, age Nitrate Cautry is a preferred choice for treatment group, cause, type and laterality of epistaxis, need of anterior epistaxsis. (Rawal Med J 2013;38:48for hospital admission and success rate of 51). treatment modalities.