Acupressure improves the postoperative comfort of gastric cancer patients: A randomised controlled trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 339-346

  Hsiung, Wan Ting ^a   Chang, Yi Chuan ^b,c   Yeh, Mei Ling ^c   Chang, Yung Hsien ^d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Defecation; Flatus; Gastric cancer; Nausea; Pain; Postoperative comfort; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN INTENSITY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; TAIWAN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; AGED; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84937641556     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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