Epistaxis | None/trivial | More than five per year or lasting longer than 10 minutes | Consultation only† | Packing, cauterization, or antifibrinolytic therapy | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy (use of hemostatic blood components and recombinant activated factor VII), or desmopressin therapy |
Cutaneous symptoms | None/trivial | At least five bruises (> 1 cm) in exposed areas | Consultation only† | Extensive | Spontaneous hematoma requiring blood transfusion |
Bleeding from minor wounds | None/trivial | More than five per year or lasting longer than 10 minutes | Consultation only† | Surgical hemostasis | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy, or desmopressin therapy |
Oral cavity symptoms | None/trivial | Present | Consultation only† | Surgical hemostasis or antifibrinolytic therapy | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy, or desmopressin therapy |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | None/trivial | Present (not associated with ulcer, portal hypertension, hemorrhoids, or angiodysplasia) | Consultation only† | Surgical hemostasis or antifibrinolytic therapy | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy, or desmopressin therapy |
Hematuria | None/trivial | Present (macroscopic) | Consultation only† | Surgical hemostasis or iron therapy | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy, or desmopressin therapy |
Tooth extraction | None/trivial | Reported in 25% or less of all procedures; no intervention‡ | Reported in more than 25% of all procedures; no intervention‡ | Resuturing or packing | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy, or desmopressin therapy |
Surgery | None/trivial | Reported in 25% or less of all procedures; no intervention‡ | Reported in more than 25% of all procedures; no intervention‡ | Surgical hemostasis or antifibrinolytic therapy | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy, or desmopressin therapy |
Menorrhagia | None/trivial | Consultation only,† changing pads more frequently than every two hours, clotting and flooding, or score higher than 100 on pictorial blood loss assessment chart§ | Missed work/school more than twice per year; antifibrinolytic, hormone, or iron therapy | Combined antifibrinolytic and hormone therapy, or present since menarche and longer than 12 months | Acute menorrhagia requiring hospital admission and emergency treatment; blood transfusion, replacement therapy, or desmopressin required; or dilation and curettage, endometrial ablation, or hysterectomy required |
Postpartum hemorrhage | None/trivial | Consultation only,† oxytocin (Pitocin) use, or lochia lasting longer than six weeks | Iron or antifibrinolytic therapy | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy, desmopressin therapy, or requiring examination under anesthesia and/or the use of uterine balloon/package to tamponade the uterus | Any procedure requiring critical care or surgical intervention (e.g., hysterectomy, internal iliac artery ligation, uterine artery embolization, uterine brace sutures) |
Muscle hematomas | Never | Post-trauma, no therapy | Spontaneous, no therapy | Spontaneous or traumatic, requiring desmopressin or replacement therapy | Spontaneous or traumatic, requiring surgical intervention or blood transfusion |
Hemarthrosis | Never | Post-trauma, no therapy | Spontaneous, no therapy | Spontaneous or traumatic, requiring desmopressin or replacement therapy | Spontaneous or traumatic, requiring surgical intervention or blood transfusion |
Central nervous system bleeding | Never | — | — | Subdural, any intervention | Intracerebral, any intervention |
Other bleeding¶ | None/trivial | Present | Consultation only† | Surgical hemostasis, antifibrinolytic therapy | Blood transfusion, replacement therapy, or desmopressin therapy |