Adjunct Acupuncture Improved Respiratory Status and Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation After Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia

CONCLUSIONS: Acupuncture improved respiration and facilitated MV weaning in a patient with respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19. Adjunctive acupuncture may benefit such patients and others after severe pneumonia. Large cohort studies are needed.PMID:38380170 | PMC:PMC10874821 | DOI:10.1089/acu.2023.0064

Source: Acupuncture in Medicine - February 21, 2024 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jun Matsumoto-Miyazaki Hideshi Okada Tomotaka Miura Keisuke Kumada Genki Naruse Nagisa Miyazaki Kodai Suzuki Shozo Yoshida Shinji Ogura Hiroyuki Okura Source Type: research