Auricular Acupunctures Are Effective for the Prevention of Postoperative Agitation in Old Patients | Zendy

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Auricular Acupunctures Are Effective for the Prevention of Postoperative Agitation in Old Patients

Author(s) -

YoungChang P. Arai,

Akihiro Ito,

Soki Hibino,

Sinnosuke Niwa,

Wasa Ueda

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.552

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 1741-4288

pISSN - 1741-427X

DOI - 10.1093/ecam/nep172

Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , dementia , anesthesia , cognition , psychomotor agitation , surgery , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , disease

Postoperative cognitive problems and delirium are not uncommon in the elderly. We reported four cases in which auricular acupunctures on the 'Shenmen' and 'Point Zero' points successfully managed postoperative problematic behaviors of the three patients with dementia and the one patient postoperatively demonstrating an agitated behavior.

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