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| Clinical observation of acupuncture and moxibustion in ventilated patients with abdominal hypertension |
| Hits 1795 Download times 1476 Received:January 25, 2014 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2014.06.07 |
| Key Words
acupuncture and moxibustion|ventilation|abdominal hypertension |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | LIU Yi | Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | | LI Gui-wei | Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | li-guiwei@163.com |
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| Abstract
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| [Objective] To investigate the efficacy and safety for the acupuncture and moxibustion in critical ventilated patients with abdominal hypertension.[Methods] A total of 80 cases of ventilated patients with abdominal hypertension were randomly divided into two groups 40 cases in the control group which received the conventional treatment;another 40 cases in the treatment group which received the convention treatment combined with the acupuncture and moxibustion. The intra-abdominal pressure of patients and duration of Mechanic Ventilation and stay in ICU were measured to compare the efficacy and safety between the control and treatment groups. [Results] The intra-abdominal pressure of the treatment group was significantly decreased. The Median duration of Mechanic Ventilation and stay in ICU of the treatment group also have a significantly shorter than that of the control group.[Conclusion] Acupuncture and moxibustion could remarkably decrease abdominal hypertension and improve respiratory failure. |
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