Perioperative acupuncture and postoperative acupressure can prevent postoperative vomiting following paediatric tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Liodden, Ingrid ^a,b   Howley, Michael ^b   Grimsgaard, Anne Sameline ^c,d   Fønnebø, Vinjar Magne ^c   Borud, Einar Kristian ^c   Alraek, Terje ^c   Norheim, Arne Johan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NORWAY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADENOIDECTOMY; ANALGESICS; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RESEARCH DESIGN; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 79954464886     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2010.002915     Document Type: Article

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