Abstract:ObjectiveTo explore the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of epistaxis caused by anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning, so as to reduce the clinical misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis of the disease.MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed on 20 patients with nasal bleeding caused by anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning, which were admitted to lanzhou general hospital of lanzhou military region from September 2012 to April 2018. The clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment methods of these patients were analyzed and summarized. All patients were treated with vitamin K1, and some of the patients were filled with nasal cavity and plasma treatment. The test results of pretreatment and posttreatment of nasal bleeding were compared and analyzed, including coagulation indexes prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin enzyme time (APTT), international normalized ratio (INR), fibrinogen (FIB) and Thrombin time (TT).Resultsall patients stopped the nasal bleeding, and the coagulation indexes returned to normal after treatment with vitamin K1 and other methods. The coagulation indexes of pretreatment PT(61.57±41.95)s、APTT(87.44±37.92)s and INR 6.11±4.41; And the coagulation indexes of posttreatment were PT(14.06±2.55)s、APTT(27.48±4.77)s and INR 1.19±0.24. There was a significant difference in blood coagulation before and after the treatment (P<0.01). After their discharge, all patients continued to take vitamin K1 for 2~3 months. In the sixmonth followup(no loss of followup), no nasal bleeding presented in 18 cases after discharge, but 2 cases of them was rebleeding within 1 month because of their stopped taking vitamin K1, which got cured and discharged after treatment.ConclusionNasal bleeding caused by anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning shows diffuse osmotic bleeding from nasal mucosa, and anterior nostril packing or plasma treatment alone is not easy to stop bleeding. For patients with complicated refractory nosebleed, we should notice vigilantly in case of misdiagnosis and mistreatment. The effect of vitamin K1 on this kind of patients is remarkable, but it needs a long course of treatment.