electroacupuncture improves gastric emptying in critically ill neurosurgical patients: a pilot study
Clicks: 218
ID: 227005
2017
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This
article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score —
reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
Reader Engagement
Steady Performance
30.0
/100
218 views
36 readers
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
SteadyRanked #355 of 899 articles by views in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Most read
Least read
Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 899 in total.
Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet mintedCreate a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.
5
SUSD
one-off · no wallet required
Abstract
Objective. To compare the efficacy of combined electroacupuncture and metoclopramide treatment with that of metoclopramide only in improving gastric emptying in critically ill neurosurgical patients. Methods. In this prospective case-control pilot study, a total of 16 adult critically ill mechanically ventilated patients who were treated in the surgical intensive care unit were enrolled. Electrical stimulation was applied to 4 pairs of points (maximum intensity < 9.8 mA at 2 Hz). Patients in the control group received standard treatment with intravenous metoclopramide only. Patients in the experimental group received intravenous metoclopramide plus electroacupuncture treatment once daily for 6 consecutive days. Results. Gastric residual volume in the experimental group (n=7) reduced gradually until the fourth day after treatment with electroacupuncture combined with routine metoclopramide administration. Beginning on the fourth day, residual volume was maintained at less than 200 ml per day for the following two days. In the control group (n=9), there was a gradual reduction in residual volume during the first four days followed by a rebounding increase over the next two days. Conclusions. Electroacupuncture combined with intravenous metoclopramide is a more effective treatment for gastric emptying than metoclopramide alone in adult critically ill patients with impaired brain function.
| Reference Key |
kao2017evidence-basedelectroacupuncture
Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using
SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
|
|---|---|
| Authors | ;Man-Ling Kao;Yao-Li Chen;Shu-Ching Lee;Sung-Yen Huang;Ping-Yi Lin |
| Journal | ACS applied materials & interfaces |
| Year | 2017 |
| DOI |
10.1155/2017/1892161
|
| URL | |
| Keywords |
Citations
No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.