Purpose of this study was to observe if there was any increase in
epistaxis admissions to hospital after the introduction of routine
population wide nasal swabbing. This study looked at difference in
epistaxis admissions from 2020 and 2021 across the 9 NHS Trusts in the
Southwest.This study found that there were less hospital admissions in
2021 due to epistaxis. This could be due to the widespread fear amongst
the populace at the time of attending hospital due risk of COVID-19 and
of overburdening the hospital. Patient's that did present to ED may have
received more effective epistaxis management with biodegradable nasal
pacs and topical haemostatic matrices. However there are many
confounding factors, thus it is important to avoid over interpretation
of the data.