Stimulated by Lee et al 2024.[1] Photo by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels.com BCRL – breast cancer-related lymphoedemaBMI – body mass indexNHIS – national health insurance servicePSM – propensity score matchingIRR – incident rate ratioCI – confidence intervalHR – hazard ratio key to acronyms This is another large retrospective cohort study from Korea. The difference from … Continue reading Acupuncture and BCRL
Stimulated by Lin et al, Kim et al, and Wei et al 2023.[1–3] Treatment protocol for lymphoedema from one of the trials in Kim et al 2023.[2] NHIRD – National Health Insurance Research Database (Taiwan)CI – confidence intervalCVA – cerebrovascular accidentNF1 – neurofibromatosis type 1 This week I am highlighting 3 papers with different methods but … Continue reading Nerve injury, lymphoedema, and a giant haematoma
Stimulated by Hyun et al 2023.[1] Photo by Jocalih on Unsplash. SR – systematic reviewDAA – direct acting antiviralRR – relative riskAE – adverse event key to acronyms This is a new topic for the blog, but one with considerable global significance. Readers in the UK and countries with similar standards aimed at preventing bloodborne … Continue reading Acupuncture and hepatitis C
Stimulated by Ben-Arie et al 2023.[1] What better place to talk of mortality, but unfortunately, I mistook E Ben-Arye for E Ben-Arie on the programme. ICU – intensive care unitSR – systematic reviewAEs – adverse eventsGRADE – grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation key to acronyms I was thinking of highlighting this SR on … Continue reading Acupuncture in the ICU
Stimulated by Subhail Arain et al 2023.[1] Visual abstract from Subhail Arain et al 2023.[1] TENS – transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulationICD – implanted cardioverter defibrillatorEA – electroacupunctureCRT – cardiac resynchronisation therapyECG – electrocardiogramEMI – electromagnetic interferenceVT – ventricular tachycardiaVF – ventricular fibrillationAEs – adverse events key to acronyms As a keen proponent of EA and … Continue reading TENS in patients with ICDs
Stimulated by Cheng et al 2023.[1] Figure 1 from Cheng et al 2023.[1] ES – erector spinae key to acronym The risk of needling the kidney must have come up on every acupuncture course I have ever taught over the last 27 years. My comment is usually that acupuncture needles are unlikely to do much … Continue reading Kidney laceration after acupuncture 2023
Stimulated by Xu et al 2023.[1] Lung tissue stained for fat with Sudan III demonstrating severe pulmonary fat embolism.[1] SvN – silver needleSSN – stainless steel needleLBP – low back painPID – prolapsed intervertebral discFFA – free fatty acidCRP – C-reactive protein key to acronyms This paper popped up on PubMed last night, whilst I … Continue reading Fat embolism after acupuncture
Inspired by a few rare case reports and a prospective survey.[1–4] Figure 6 from Abe et al (2022) illustrating the trajectory of the lost 40mm needle shaft.[4] AEs – adverse eventsWMA – Western medical acupunctureVP shunt – ventriculoperitoneal shunt (tube connecting one cerebral ventricle to the peritoneal cavity)CSF – cerebrospinal fluidVVAVF – vertebra-vertebral arteriovenous fistulaMRA … Continue reading AEs in Korea and Japan 2022
Inspired by Zhou et al 2022.[1] Photo by Sven Mieke on Unsplash. MA – meta-analysisNMA – network meta-analysisIPDM – individual patient data meta-analysisRA – real acupunctureSA – sham acupunctureNPSA – non-penetrative SAPSA – penetrative SANA – no acupunctureRCT – randomised controlled trialHRQoL – health-related quality of lifeANCOVA – analysis of covarianceES – effect sizeEA – … Continue reading Sham acupuncture in chronic pain
Inspired by four recent adverse event reports related to needling.[1–4] Photo by Cameron Venti on Unsplash. PMCT – post-mortem computed tomographyED – emergency departmentCT – computed tomographyCXR – chest x rayDSA – digital subtraction angiographyTAE – transcatheter arterial embolizationAEs – adverse eventsDED – dry eye diseasekey to acronyms This week I have a series of recent adverse events … Continue reading Hearts lungs and eyes 2022
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