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Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China
As a further step towards the modernization of acupuncture, the objective of this review was to figure out the frequency and severity of adverse complications and events in acupuncture treatment reported from 1980 to 2013 in China. All first-hand case reports of acupuncture-related complications and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4538973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26339265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/432467 |
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author | Wu, Junyi Hu, Yanmei Zhu, Yin Yin, Ping Litscher, Gerhard Xu, Shifen |
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description | As a further step towards the modernization of acupuncture, the objective of this review was to figure out the frequency and severity of adverse complications and events in acupuncture treatment reported from 1980 to 2013 in China. All first-hand case reports of acupuncture-related complications and adverse events that could be identified in the scientific literature were reviewed and classified according to the type of complication and adverse event, circumstance of the event, and long-term patient outcome. The selected case reports were published between 1980 and 2013 in 3 databases. Relevant papers were collected and analyzed by 2 reviewers. Over the 33 years, 182 incidents were identified in 133 relevant papers. Internal organ, tissue, or nerve injury is the main complications of acupuncture especially for pneumothorax and central nervous system injury. Adverse effects also included syncope, infections, hemorrhage, allergy, burn, aphonia, hysteria, cough, thirst, fever, somnolence, and broken needles. Qualifying training of acupuncturists should be systemized and the clinical acupuncture operations should be standardized in order to effectively prevent the occurrence of acupuncture accidents, enhance the influence of acupuncture, and further popularize acupuncture to the rest of the world. |
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spelling | pubmed-45389732015-09-03 Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China Wu, Junyi Hu, Yanmei Zhu, Yin Yin, Ping Litscher, Gerhard Xu, Shifen Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Review Article As a further step towards the modernization of acupuncture, the objective of this review was to figure out the frequency and severity of adverse complications and events in acupuncture treatment reported from 1980 to 2013 in China. All first-hand case reports of acupuncture-related complications and adverse events that could be identified in the scientific literature were reviewed and classified according to the type of complication and adverse event, circumstance of the event, and long-term patient outcome. The selected case reports were published between 1980 and 2013 in 3 databases. Relevant papers were collected and analyzed by 2 reviewers. Over the 33 years, 182 incidents were identified in 133 relevant papers. Internal organ, tissue, or nerve injury is the main complications of acupuncture especially for pneumothorax and central nervous system injury. Adverse effects also included syncope, infections, hemorrhage, allergy, burn, aphonia, hysteria, cough, thirst, fever, somnolence, and broken needles. Qualifying training of acupuncturists should be systemized and the clinical acupuncture operations should be standardized in order to effectively prevent the occurrence of acupuncture accidents, enhance the influence of acupuncture, and further popularize acupuncture to the rest of the world. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4538973/ /pubmed/26339265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/432467 Text en Copyright © 2015 Junyi Wu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Wu, Junyi Hu, Yanmei Zhu, Yin Yin, Ping Litscher, Gerhard Xu, Shifen Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China |
title | Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China |
title_full | Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China |
title_fullStr | Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China |
title_short | Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China |
title_sort | systematic review of adverse effects: a further step towards modernization of acupuncture in china |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4538973/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26339265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/432467 |
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