Blood-Letting Therapy for Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 139-146

  Xiong, Xing jiang ^a   Wang, Peng qian ^a   Li, Sheng jie ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

blood pressure; blood letting therapy; Chinese medicine; complementary and alternative medicine; meta analysis; phlebotomy; randomized controlled trials; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADVERSE EVENT; BLOODLETTING; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY PROCEDURE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RESULT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT; WANFANG DATABASE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOODLETTING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85049139733     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-018-3009-2     Document Type: Review

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