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. 2021 May 4;13(5):e14832. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14832

Table 7. EMBASE.com (Embase + Medline) follow-up search query and results.

No. Search string query (January 14, 2021) Results
1 “epistaxis”/de OR epistaxis:ti,ab OR nosebleed*:ti,ab OR ({[nose OR nasal OR rhino*] NEAR/2 [blood OR bleed$ OR bleeding OR haemorrhag* OR hemorrhag*]}:ti,ab) 26,730
2 “first aid”/de OR “emergency treatment”/de OR “emergency medicine”/de OR “first aid”:ti,ab,kw,de OR “first response”:ti,ab,kw,de OR “first responder$”:ti,ab,kw,de OR bystander$:ti,ab,kw,de OR “by stander*”:ti,ab,kw,de OR “wilderness medicine”:ti,ab,kw,de 92,792
3 ice:ti,ab OR cryo*:ti,ab OR cold:ti,ab OR cool:ti,ab OR cooling:ti,ab 350,738
4 #1 AND (#2 OR #3) 621
5 “epistaxis”/de OR epistaxis:ti OR nosebleed*:ti OR nose:ti OR nasal:ti OR rhino*:ti 109,911
6 ice:ti OR cryo*:ti OR cold:ti OR cool:ti OR cooling:ti 108,359
7 #5 AND #6 490
8 epistaxis:ti OR nosebleed$:ti OR “nose bleed$”:ti 3187
9 #8 AND (“clinical protocol”/de OR “clinical study”/de OR “clinical trial”/de OR “comparative effectiveness”/de OR “comparative study”/de OR “controlled clinical trial”/de OR “controlled study”/de OR “multicenter study”/de OR “randomized controlled trial”/de OR “randomized controlled trial topic”/de) 500
10 #4 OR #7 OR #9 1484
11 #10 NOT (rhinosinusitis:ti,ab,kw,de OR rhinorrhea:ti,ab,kw,de OR “common cold”:ti,ab,kw,de OR cryoablation:ti,ab,kw,de OR decongestant:ti,ab,kw,de OR rhinoplasty:ti,ab,kw,de OR ablation:ti,ab,kw,de OR tranexamic:ti,ab,kw,de OR ligation:ti,ab,kw,de) 1064
12 #11 NOT ({conference abstract}/lim OR {conference review}/lim OR {editorial}/lim OR {erratum}/lim OR {note}/lim OR {book}/lim OR “case report”/de) 759
13 #12 NOT ({“animal”/exp OR “nonhuman”/exp OR “rodent”/exp OR “animal experiment”/exp OR “experimental animal”/exp OR rat:ti,ab OR rats:ti,ab OR mouse:ti,ab OR mice:ti,ab OR dog$:ti,ab OR pig$:ti,ab OR porcine:ti,ab OR swine:ti,ab OR chick$:ti,ab} NOT “human”/exp) 688
14 #13 AND [12-7-2020]/sd 7