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Epistaxis

Última revisão: 20 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 26 May 2021

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • blood at both sides of nose
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • bleeding starting at the nares
  • recurrent epistaxis
  • septal deviation
  • tachycardia
  • bleeding starting in the throat
  • hypotension
  • syncope
  • dizziness or lightheadedness
  • pallor
  • hypoesthesia and pain in the distribution of the second branch of the trigeminal nerve
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Fatores de risco

  • dry weather and low humidity
  • prior nasal or sinus surgery
  • nasal cannula oxygen or continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP)
  • nasal and other facial fracture
  • other nasal trauma
  • topical nasal drugs
  • primary coagulopathy (e.g., hemophilia)
  • medication (e.g., aspirin, anticoagulant, antiplatelet, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
  • familial hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
  • juvenile nasal angiofibroma
  • chronic kidney or liver disease
  • septal deviation
  • nasal foreign body
  • environmental irritants
  • barotrauma
  • ulceration secondary to infection (e.g., herpes zoster, or bacterial infection)
  • forceful coughing
  • sinonasal neoplasm
  • chronic granulomatous disease
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • clinical diagnosis
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • CBC
  • coagulation studies (prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, platelet function tests)
  • BUN, serum creatinine
  • LFTs
  • autoimmune screen/autoantibodies
  • CT scan of paranasal sinuses
  • MRI of head
  • internal and external carotid angiography
  • nasal endoscopy and nasopharyngoscopy
  • plain nasal or sinus x-ray
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Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

active epistaxis: initial measures

AGUDA

active epistaxis: persistent bleeding precluding identification of bleeding site

active epistaxis: bleeding site visible

CONTÍNUA

quiescent but recurrent epistaxis

Colaboradores

Autores

Darren Pinder, BSc(Hons), MB BChir, MSc(Med Ed), FRCS(ORL)

Consultant ENT Surgeon

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

Bath

UK

Declarações

DP declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores

Ethan Cumbler, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Internal Medicine

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Denver

CO

Declarações

EC declares that he has no competing interests.

Samuel J. Stratton, MD, MPH

Professor

UCLA School of Public Health and David Geffen School of Medicine

Los Angeles

Medical Director

Health Disaster Management/Emergency Medical Services

Orange County Health Care Agency

Santa Ana

CA

Declarações

SJS declares that he has no competing interests.

Janet Wilson, BSc, MD, FRCSEd, FRCSEng

Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Newcastle University

Honorary Consultant Otolaryngologist

Freeman Hospital

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

UK

Declarações

JW declares that she has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.

Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

Referências

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Principais artigos

Tan L, Calhoun K. Epistaxis. Med Clin North Am. 1999 Jan;83(1):43-56. Resumo

Perretta L, Denslow B, Brown C. Emergency evaluation and management of epistaxis. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1987 May;5(2):265-77. Resumo

Santos P, Lepore M. Epistaxis. In: Bailey B, Healy G, Johnson J, et al., eds. Head & neck surgery-otolaryngology. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2001:415-28.

Massick D, Tobin E. Epistaxis. In: Cummings C, Flint P, Harker L, et al., eds. Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier Mosby; 2005:942-61.

Santos P, Lepore M. Epistaxis. In: Bailey B, Healy G, Johnson J, et al., eds. Head & neck surgery-otolaryngology. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2001:415-428.

Massick D, Tobin E. Epistaxis. In: Cummings C, Flint P, Harker L, et al., eds. Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. Philadelphia: Elsevier Mosby; 2005:942-961.

Tunkel DE, Anne S, Payne SC, et al. Clinical practice guideline: nosebleed (epistaxis). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jan;162(1 suppl):S1-S38.Texto completo  Resumo

Pond F, Sizeland A. Epistaxis: strategies for management. Aust Fam Physician. 2000 Oct;29(10):933-8. Resumo

Randall DA. Epistaxis packing. Practical pointers for nosebleed control. Postgrad Med. 2006 Jun-Jul;119(1):77-82. Resumo

Ruddy J, Proops DW, Pearman K, et al. Management of epistaxis in children. Int J Paediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 1991 Apr;21(2):139-42. Resumo

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