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Severity and Features of Epistaxis in Children with a Mucocutaneous Bleeding Disorder.
Journal of Pediatrics 2018 Februrary
OBJECTIVE: To use standardized bleeding questionnaires to compare the severity and patterns of epistaxis in children with a mucocutaneous bleeding disorder and control children.
STUDY DESIGN: The epistaxis sections of the Pediatric Bleeding Questionnaire (PBQ) administered to pediatric patients with von Willebrand disease or a platelet function disorder and healthy control children were reviewed. Scores and features of epistaxis (frequency, duration, onset, site, seasonal correlation, and need for medical/surgical intervention) were recorded. A PBQ epistaxis score ≥2 was defined as clinically significant. The Katsanis epistaxis scoring system was administered to eligible patients, ie, with ≥5 episodes of epistaxis per year.
RESULTS: PBQ epistaxis scores were obtained for 66 patients, median age 12 years (range 0.6-18.3 years), and 56 control children. The median PBQ epistaxis score in patients was 2 vs 0 in control children (P <.0001). All of the features of epistaxis, except spontaneous onset, occurred in a significantly greater proportion of patients than control children with epistaxis. A total of 50% of the patients were graded as having severe epistaxis by the Katsanis epistaxis scoring system, and 30 of these (91%) had a clinically significant PBQ epistaxis score.
CONCLUSION: Standardized bleeding questionnaires are useful in the assessment of epistaxis severity and pattern and may help to distinguish children with and without a mucocutaneous bleeding disorder.
STUDY DESIGN: The epistaxis sections of the Pediatric Bleeding Questionnaire (PBQ) administered to pediatric patients with von Willebrand disease or a platelet function disorder and healthy control children were reviewed. Scores and features of epistaxis (frequency, duration, onset, site, seasonal correlation, and need for medical/surgical intervention) were recorded. A PBQ epistaxis score ≥2 was defined as clinically significant. The Katsanis epistaxis scoring system was administered to eligible patients, ie, with ≥5 episodes of epistaxis per year.
RESULTS: PBQ epistaxis scores were obtained for 66 patients, median age 12 years (range 0.6-18.3 years), and 56 control children. The median PBQ epistaxis score in patients was 2 vs 0 in control children (P <.0001). All of the features of epistaxis, except spontaneous onset, occurred in a significantly greater proportion of patients than control children with epistaxis. A total of 50% of the patients were graded as having severe epistaxis by the Katsanis epistaxis scoring system, and 30 of these (91%) had a clinically significant PBQ epistaxis score.
CONCLUSION: Standardized bleeding questionnaires are useful in the assessment of epistaxis severity and pattern and may help to distinguish children with and without a mucocutaneous bleeding disorder.
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