Thyroid Diseases - Importance of Nutrition and Chinese Dietetics

performed acupuncture on the ward for inpatients differs from outpatient settings, due to general conditions of patients, environment and short therapeutic intervals. Additionally, acupuncture for children is generally not covered by German health insurance. Therefore, it took longer to establish and implement this method in daily patient care. The main challenges, obstacles but above all benefits for patients, parents and care providers will be summarized and important steps to embed it in the long term will be presented. The description of this process will hopefully encourage other hospitals to integrate acupuncture service into their daily practice as well.