Year: 2017 | Month: August | Volume 7 | Issue 4
Emergency Management of Epistaxis in Dogs
Abstract:
Epistaxis is a relatively uncommon clinical manifestation in dogs that may reflect an intranasal or systemic disease process. Therefore, epistaxis is frequently regarded as an emergency which requires prompt therapy. Human studies have demonstrated oxymetazolin, a vasoconstrictor can be used as both decongestant and topical hemostatic agent and widely used in human patients. This study was therefore undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of topical oxymetazolin nasal drops in controlling epistaxis in dogs. The efficacy of the drug was assessed based on the arresting of bleeding. Cessation of bleeding was noticed only in two dogs within ten minutes.
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