Feasibility of acupuncture for recovery after traumatic multiple rib fractures: a prospective observational case-series

Pusan National University Hospital0 个研究点目标入组 20 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2021年12月2日

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•1. Patients with multiple rib fractures after trauma (two or more rib fractures)
•2. Patients aged 19 to 80 years
•3. Patients with spontaneous breathing
•4. Patients without fever or infection
•5. Patients who are conscious and can cooperate with researchers
•6. Patients who are willing to participate in the study and who have provided written consent on their own or from their legal representatives
•7. Patients who are able to respond to the study questionnaire on their own or with assistance.

•1. Patients with major accompanying underlying diseases (such as chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, cardiopulmonary insufficiency, diabetes mellitus with complications, or cardiac valve disease)
•2. Patients with unstable vital signs at the time of screening (fever over 38.0 degrees, oxygen saturation less than 95% during oxygen application, dependence on mechanical respiration, etc.)
•3. Patients with impairment of any body parts capable of acupuncture treatment
•4. Patients with increased risk of bleeding at the site of acupuncture (warfarin users, blood coagulation disorder patients, etc.)
•5. Patients with antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases
•6. Patients with a history of allergy to stainless steel (metal)
•7. Patients in whom acupuncture stimulation is inappropriate due to extensive skin disease
•8. Patients in whom acupuncture stimulation is inappropriate due to systemic side effects caused by long-term administration of steroids
•9. Patients who are discerned as inappropriate for the study intervention at the discretion of the medical staff
•10. Patients who have undergone pacemaker implantation
•11. Patients with a history of epilepsy.

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