Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Nasal embolism is the main method for the treatment of epistaxis and adhesions or restenosis after sinus surgery. Currently, many kinds of nasal embolic materials are utilized in treating epistaxis. What kind of material is more suitable for nasal embolism, how to choose the embolic material based on the patient's condition, how to stop the bleeding effectively and to reduce the negative impact to the nasal cavity, and how to accelerate wound healing are problems needed to be solved in nasal hemostatic materials research.
OBJECTIVE: Using CNKI database literature search and the depth of analysis capabilities, to explore the literature data trends in the study of hemostatic materials for epistaxis.
DESIGN: Bibliometric data analysis.
DATA RETRIEVAL: A search of related literature of of epistaxis research was performed in CNKI database using the key words of “hemostatic materials” and “epistaxis”, during 2002-01 to 2011-12. Own database analysis capabilities and Excel charting functions were used to retrieve literature analysis; through the form of text and charts, the data were analyzed to describe its distribution characteristics.
SELECTION CRITERIA: Inclusive criteria: ①Basic research papers related to hemostatic materials. ②Papers related to the clinical application of hemostatic materials. ③Basic and clinical research papers to epistaxis. Exclusive criteria: ①Literature has nothing to do with the purpose of this review. ②Duplication of research literature. ③Journal's own information. ④Unpublished papers. ⑤The article need telephone follow up to analyze and manual searches. ⑥Year book. ⑦The literature of nursing content.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: The literatures were analyzed by academic journal articles published year, literature number, subject category, source journals, publication institutions, literature citations, literature download frequency, associated literature, distribution of the author, distribution of the Funds and major keywords. The outstanding master's degree papers, conference papers, and cases of epistaxis hemostatic materials research literature were also analyzed.
RESULTS: A total of 88 research literatures related to hemostatic materials of epistaxis were retrieved in CNKI during 2002-2011. The number of papers was gradually increased. Most literatures were published in 2008 (n=13). Chinese Archives Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery published seven papers, accounting for 8.0% of all papers. The frequently used key words in hemostatic materials for epistaxis research are “nasal packing”, “epistaxis” and “hemostatic materials”. From the application of hemostatic material, the use of hemostatic materials in nasal endoscopy is the most. From the choice of hemostatic materials, mainly researches are based on calcium alginate dressings and high expansion hemostatic materials.
CONCLUSION: Through the bibliometric data analysis on hemostatic materials for epistaxis in CNKI database, we can find that nasal packing hemostatic materials have different characteristics. The selection of hemostatic materials for treating epistaxis should be based on the patients’ conditions. This study can provide valuable reference for Chinese medical workers in hemostatic materials of epistaxis science.