Cardioprotective effect of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation in the pediatric cardiac patients: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 805-811

  Ni, Xinli ^a,b   Xie, Yaning ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Zhong, Haixing ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Xiong, Lize ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupoint stimulation; Ischemia reperfusion; Myocardial protection; Pediatric; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; TROPONIN I; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOKINES; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; SAMPLE SIZE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84863723844     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03822.x     Document Type: Article

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