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Efficacy of electroacupuncture on acute abdomen emergency care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Acute abdomen is a common disease in the emergency department (ED) and usually results in huge medical expenditure. To relieve abdominal pain effectively and reduce bed occupancy rate in emergency rooms, electroacupuncture is a practical method in the treatment of abdominal pain. METHODS/DESIGN:Five hundred patients will be randomly and evenly divided into experimental and control groups. Both groups should have their basic information taken and their bilateral acupuncture points ( Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC6), Zusanli (ST 36), Shangjuxu (ST37), Xiajuxu (ST39), Taichong (LR3), and Taibai (SP3)) will be intervened by electroacupuncture or vaccaria Seeds, in this clinical study. Electroacupuncture has been introduced to this experiment as an auxiliary technique. The experimental group will receive real electroacupuncture, but the control group will receive a placebo electroacupuncture in which transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation will not be turned on. After the intervention, we will evaluate the difference in abdominal pain, the length of stay at the emergent observation ward, and the proportion of revisits with abdominal pain. DISCUSSION:In Taiwan, medical expenditure is increasing annually because of the higher bed occupancy caused by acute abdominal pain in the hospital. We expect that the combined treatment of electroacupuncture and modern medical treatment will not only reduce bed occupancy and the length of ED stay but also effectively decrease the rate of readmission and revisits by 72?h. By means of electroacupuncture, the spiraling cost of health care can eventually be reduced. TRIAL REGISTRATION:ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03199495. Registered on 27 June 2017.

SUBMITTER: Chang YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7041252 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Efficacy of electroacupuncture on acute abdomen emergency care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Chang Yuan Ya YY   Chiu Chih Wen CW   Chen Chia Yun CY   Chang Chin Fu CF   Lee Tsung Chieh TC   Lo Lun Chien LC   Lee Chia Ying CY   Chang Kai K   Chen Po Wei PW   Hsieh Chang Ju CJ   Chang Yu Jun YJ   Huang Sung Yen SY  

Trials 20200224 1


<h4>Background</h4>Acute abdomen is a common disease in the emergency department (ED) and usually results in huge medical expenditure. To relieve abdominal pain effectively and reduce bed occupancy rate in emergency rooms, electroacupuncture is a practical method in the treatment of abdominal pain.<h4>Methods/design</h4>Five hundred patients will be randomly and evenly divided into experimental and control groups. Both groups should have their basic information taken and their bilateral acupunct  ...[more]

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