Effects of acupressure therapy for patients having prolonged mechanical ventilation support

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-150

  Tsay, Shiow Luan ^a   Wang, Juei Chin ^b   Lin, Kuan Chia ^a   Chung, Ue Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Armed Forces Sengshan Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Anxiety; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Dyspnoea; Nursing; Ventilator

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ACUPRESSURE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25844528082     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03576.x     Document Type: Article

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