Acupuncture in preterm babies during minor painful procedures

Ecevit, A.

Ince, D. A.

Tarcan, A.

Cabioglu, M. T.

Kurt, A.

Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan / sponsored by All-China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine

2011

31(4)

308-310

RCT

RCT

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Pain, Intraoperative

Cross-Over Design

Acu Versus No Treatment

Acupuncture

TCM Acupuncture Style

Fixed Acupuncture Protocol

Restricted Modalities, Acupuncture Only

No Treatment Control

Pediatrics

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate analgesic effects of acupuncture in preterm neonates during minor painful procedures. METHODS: Ten preterm neonates requiring heel prick for blood gas analysis were enrolled in the study, which had a crossover design. Oxygen saturation, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, and crying duration were recorded before and after heel prick. Babies were given expressed breast milk before each procedure. Patients were randomly assigned to receive acupuncture or not, and the groups were crossed over on the following day, so that patients who had received acupuncture received only breast milk, and the previous breast milk only group received both acupuncture and breast milk. The neonatal infant pain scale (NIPS) was used for pain evaluation. RESULTS: Crying duration and NIPS pain scores during heel prick were lower in the neonates who had received acupuncture. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture is an effective method for the treatment of pain in neonates.

Anesthesia and Analgesia

N/A

10

1 Day