Treatment of Nosebleeds in the Emergency Department With Powder Tranexamic Acid

Exclusion Criteria

• •Prior sinonasal surgery within the preceding 1 month.
• •Patients who required medical treatment for epistaxis in the preceding 30 days.
• •Septum perforation.
• •Known history of bleeding disorders, including thrombocytopenia, hemophilia, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, or von Willebrand disease.
• •History of known thromboembolic disease, including subarachnoid hemorrhage, stroke, or TIA.
• •Known history of disease of the central nervous system, including seizures, convulsions, or intra-cerebral disease processes/lesions.
• •Known or suspected history of significant skull base trauma, including skull base fracture or cerebrospinal fluid leak.
• •Known history of acquired disturbances of colour vision.
• •Known hematuria or any bleeding related to the kidney.
• •Pregnant and/or lactating women.
• •History of known allergy or sensitivity to the study medication.
• •Presence of signs or symptoms of concomitant emergent conditions, including myocardial infarction, stroke, major trauma, shock, or hemodynamic instability.
• •Patients with other medical conditions including cognitive limitations or impairment due to substance abuse.
• •Patients with any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may present an unreasonable risk to the patient, may make the patient unreliable, or may interfere with the study assessments.
• •Current participation in another interventional clinical trial.