Early complementary acupuncture improves the clinical prognosis of traumatic brain edema:a randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- traumatic brain injury traumatic brain edema
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100005353
- Lead Sponsor
- Qionghai People's Hospital, Hainan Province, China
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Adults with TBI who fulfill the following inclusion criteria are eligible:
(1)Initial GCS score between 6 and 12 points on admission.
(2)Patients who have one or more brain contusions with visible pericontusional
edema in the CT scan.
(3)Age 16 or over and under 75.
(4)Agree to acupuncture treatment that can start within 72?h after injury or
post-craniotomy.
(5)Signing of informed consent by his legal representative.
The exclusion criteria are the following:
(1)Patients whose vital signs are unstable within 72 hours of admission, or
(2)a severe medical disease, e.g.,heart, liver, renal failure or an autoimmune
disorder.
(3)Patients who have required a craniotomy before randomization for any
reason other than TBI.
(4)Patients with unsuitable for acupuncture, including pregnant , frequent
seizures, psychotic disorders, afraid of acupuncture, particularly weak, and skin infections at the acupuncture site, etc.
(5)Medication that need to treat coexisting diseases may affect the results of
the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Glasgow outcome score;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Volume of traumatic brain edema;Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS);