Authors: Persaud Avish, Battepati Dhanushya, Koffman Erin, Prince Andrew, Prince Mark.
Nosebleeds, or epistaxis, is a common problem that affects almost 60% of Americans during their lifetime. Epistaxis can significantly impact a patient's health and quality of life; it is critical that primary care physicians be familiar with the most up-to-date guidelines on managing epistaxis. Primary care providers are pivotal in being able to stabilize and treat epistaxis, to avoid the need for unnecessary interventions and to reduce the risk of patient harm. The American Academy of Otolaryngology recently updated otolaryngologic clinical practice guidelines (CPG) on epistaxis management. As the circulation of these guidelines has been limited to a subspecialty journal, we provide this focused review to clarify and disseminate the epistaxis guidelines for the frontline primary care physician.
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