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Acupuncture for relief of gag reflex in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography – a protocol for a randomized sham-controlled trial
Abstract
Background Gagging during transesophageal echocardiography examination (TEE) can be both distressing and even dangerous for patients. Needling of acupuncture point CV24 was described to be effective in reducing of gag reflex during TEE in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack.
Methods/Design We describe a proposal for a prospective randomized, patient, practitioner and assessor-blinded, single-center trial with two …
Authors
Usichenko T; Mueller-Kozarez I; Knigge S; Hahnenkamp K; Busch R; Busch M
DOI
10.21203/rs.2.14231/v1
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