Epistaxis duration predicts bleeding in immune thrombocytopenia : a cohort study

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OBJECTIVE: To test for an association between duration of epistaxis and clinically relevant bleeding in the following 12 months in children with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).

DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.

SETTING: The national UK Paediatric ITP registry, a multicentre prospective clinical registry of new cases of ITP between 2006 and February 2020.

PATIENTS: All children aged between 2 months and 16 years in participating UK centres.

EXPOSURE: Epistaxis at presentation defined as none, <10 min, 10-30 min and >30 min.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incident severe bleeds, combined moderate and severe bleeds and drop in haemoglobin (Hb) by ≥20 g/L.

RESULTS: The sample included 1793 patients, of which 334 had epistaxis <10 min, 88 lasting 10-30 min and 97 >30 min. In the 12 months following presentation, 19 had a severe bleed, 140 had a moderate bleed and 54 had a drop in Hb ≥2 g/dL. Epistaxis >30 min duration was associated with increased odds of severe bleeds (OR 1.43-15.67), moderate or severe bleeding (OR 1.33-4.2) and drop in Hb (OR 1.23-6.91). Shorter duration epistaxis was not associated with increased odds of any outcome. A trend for increased odds with longer duration epistaxis was significant for all outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS: The longer the duration of epistaxis at presentation with ITP, the higher the risk of a clinically significant bleeding event in the 12 months following. This should inform clinical severity ratings and treatment decisions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

Enthalten in:

Archives of disease in childhood - 107(2022), 12 vom: 17. Dez., Seite 1117-1121

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Reynolds, Lianna [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Benjamin David [VerfasserIn]
Grainger, John [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Child Health
Journal Article
Paediatric emergency medicine
Paediatrics
Pathology
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.11.2022

Date Revised 12.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/archdischild-2021-323064

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349094535