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Electric Acupuncture for ICU-acquired Weakness in Mechanical Ventilation Patients

NCT02204215 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2014-07-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICU-AW) is common and dramatically affect recovery. The purpose of this study is to determine whether electric acupuncture therapy is effective in the treatment of ICU-AW especially in the patients receiving mechanical ventilation with sepsis or multiorgan system failure.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

electric acupuncture

Electric acupuncture therapy was made on LI4, LI11, ST36, and ST41 on four limbs for each patient, 30 min for each time, twice per day. Starting from the beginning of mechanical ventilation, to the weaning of the mechanical ventilation.

OTHER

conservative

General treatment, without electric acupuncture, include passive range-of-motion exercise，q2H turning，minimizing the use of sedation, etc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Xing Wang, M.D. · Director of Intensive Care Unit

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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