Effect of early electroacupuncture intervention on conscious state of patients after traumatic brain injury surgery.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190506-0005
- Author:
Jie LIU
1
;
Xue-Ling WANG
1
;
Liu ZI
1
;
Chao-Hua YANG
2
;
Hui-Ping LI
3
;
Ning LI
1
Author Information
1. Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
2. Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
3. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Glasgow coma score (GCS);
Glasgow outcome score (GOS);
conscious state;
electroacupuncture therapy;
randomized controlled trial (RCT);
traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Points;
Brain Injuries, Traumatic;
surgery;
therapy;
Consciousness;
Electroacupuncture;
Humans
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2020;40(5):479-482
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To evaluate recovering consciousness effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on patients after traumatic brain injury (TBI) surgery.
METHODS:A total of 100 patients with traumatic coma were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 50 cases in each group. The control group was mainly treated with awakening drugs and neurotrophic drugs; on the basis of treatment in the control group, the observation group was treated with EA at Neiguan (PC 6) and Shuigou (GV 26) with disperse-dense wave, 2 Hz/100 Hz in frequency, 0.1-5 mA in intensity. After 30 min of EA, the needles were stayed 60 min. The treatment was performed once a day for 14 consecutive days. The changes in Glasgow coma score (GCS) was observed in the two groups before treatment and after 7, 14 days of treatment; and the two groups were followed up for 3 months after treatment to evaluate the Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) and Barthel index (BI) scores.
RESULTS:After 7, 14 days of treatment, the GCS scores of the two groups were higher than those before treatment (<0.05), and the increase degree in the observation group was significantly larger than that in the control group (<0.05). At 3 months of follow-up, the GOS and BI scores of the observation group were better than those of the control group (<0.05).
CONCLUSION:Early electroacupuncture intervention can effectively promote the recovery of consciousness after traumatic brain injury surgery, and has a curative long-term effect.
