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Acupuncture for Relief of Gag Reflex in Patients Undergoing Transoesophageal Echocardiography—A Protocol for a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Background: Gagging during transesophageal echocardiography examination (TEE) can be distressing and even dangerous for patients. The needling of acupuncture point CV24 was described to be effective in reducing the gag reflex during TEE in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack....

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Autores principales: Usichenko, Taras I., Müller-Kozarez, Irina, Knigge, Stephan, Busch, Raila, Busch, Mathias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7235877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32244404
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines7040017