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The Characteristics of Epitaxis Patients at Sumedang Regional Public Hospital Emergency Departement in 2021-2022 Umamy, Ai Rizkikha
Jurnal Ilmiah Universitas Batanghari Jambi Vol 24, No 1 (2024): Februari
Publisher : Universitas Batanghari Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33087/jiubj.v24i1.4461

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Epitaxis is a term from Greek, epistaizein, which means bleeding from the nose. Epitaxis is common problem ranging from minor traces of blood or clot to isolated massive bleeds that may be life-threatening and one of the common ear, nose, throat emergencies that present to emergency department or the primary care clinic . From an epidemiological of view, the lifetime incidence of epitaxis has been reported to be as high as 60% people worldwide during their lifetime. However, a real number is difficult to be estimated as only a very small proportion requires specialist management and therefore many cases escape to evaluation. Only 10% of patients with epitaxis will present to a physician. This study aims the characteristics of epitaxis patients in Emergency Departement of Sumedang Regional Public Hospital from January 2021 to December 2022. This study was designed as a retrospective descriptive study. Research used medical records on patients diagnosed with epitaxis. The research's results showed that there are 74 patients in that period with 7 patients experiencing recurrent epitaxis, 2 patients with hypotension and 27 patients with anemia. The incidence in male is higher than female. Patients with epitaxis more common in the age group >45 years. The most common cause of epitaxis is by systemic cause.
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