Acupuncture to improve tolerance of diagnostic esophagogastroduodenoscopy in patients without systemic sedation: results of a single-center, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial (DRKS00000164)

BACKGROUND: Sedation prior to esophagogastroduodenoscopy is widespread and increases patient comfort. However, it demands additional trained personnel, accounts for up to 40 % of total endoscopy costs and impedes rapid hospital discharge. Most patients lose at least one day of work. 98 % of all seri...

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Autores principales: Schaible, Anja, Schwan, Katja, Bruckner, Thomas, Plaschke, Konstanze, Büchler, Markus W., Weigand, Markus, Sauer, Peter, Bopp, Christian, Knebel, Phillip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27455961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1468-0

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