Epistaxis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Spontaneous epistaxis in patients with COVID-19 can represent a clinical challenge with respect to both the risk of contamination and the treatment options. We herein present the data of 30 patients with COVID-19 who developed spontaneous epistaxis while hospitalized at Eastern Piedmont Hospital dur...

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Autores principales: Dell’Era, Valeria, Dosdegani, Riccardo, Valletti, Paolo Aluffi, Garzaro, Massimiliano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7459174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32865072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520951040
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author Dell’Era, Valeria
Dosdegani, Riccardo
Valletti, Paolo Aluffi
Garzaro, Massimiliano
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description Spontaneous epistaxis in patients with COVID-19 can represent a clinical challenge with respect to both the risk of contamination and the treatment options. We herein present the data of 30 patients with COVID-19 who developed spontaneous epistaxis while hospitalized at Eastern Piedmont Hospital during March and April 2020. All patients received low-molecular-weight heparin during their hospital stay and required supplementary oxygen therapy either by a nasal cannula or continuous positive airway pressure. Both conditions can represent risk factors for developing epistaxis. Prevention of crust formation in patients with rhinitis using a nasal lubricant should be recommended. If any treatment is required, appropriate self-protection is mandatory.
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spelling pubmed-74591742020-09-01 Epistaxis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 Dell’Era, Valeria Dosdegani, Riccardo Valletti, Paolo Aluffi Garzaro, Massimiliano J Int Med Res Case Series Spontaneous epistaxis in patients with COVID-19 can represent a clinical challenge with respect to both the risk of contamination and the treatment options. We herein present the data of 30 patients with COVID-19 who developed spontaneous epistaxis while hospitalized at Eastern Piedmont Hospital during March and April 2020. All patients received low-molecular-weight heparin during their hospital stay and required supplementary oxygen therapy either by a nasal cannula or continuous positive airway pressure. Both conditions can represent risk factors for developing epistaxis. Prevention of crust formation in patients with rhinitis using a nasal lubricant should be recommended. If any treatment is required, appropriate self-protection is mandatory. SAGE Publications 2020-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7459174/ /pubmed/32865072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520951040 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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