Effect of electroacupuncture in postanesthetic shivering during regional anesthesia: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yeh, Bo Yan ^a   Hsu, Yi Chun ^a   Huang, Jyun Yan ^a   Shih, I Ting ^a   Zhuo, Wei Jia ^a   Tsai, Yung Fong ^a   Chang, Chee Jen ^a   Yu, Huang Ping ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Shivering; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 84869871281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-233     Document Type: Article

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