Acupuncture in haemodialysis patients at the Quchi (LI11) acupoint for refractory uraemic pruritus

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1912-1915

  Chou, Che Yi ^a   Wen, Cheng Yu ^a,b   Kao, Min Tsung ^a   Huang, Chiu Ching ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupoint; Acupuncture; End stage renal disease; Haemodialysis; Pruritus score; Quchi (LI11); Refractory uraemic pruritus

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP DISORDERS; UREMIA;

EID: 24044439502     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh955     Document Type: Article

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