Acupuncture in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting: Efficacy of two acupuncture points versus a single one

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 71-75

  Alizadeh, Reza ^a   Esmaeili, Sara ^a,b   Shoar, Saeed ^b,c   Bagheri Hariri, Shahram ^b   Shoar, Nasrin ^b,d  

^a AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anesthesiology; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON SURGERY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROIDECTOMY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899109380     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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