Open AccessEfficacy of acupressure on quality of recovery after surgery
Author(s) -
Éric Noll,
Shivam Shodhan,
Jamie Romeiser,
Maria Cecilia Madariaga,
Christopher R. Page,
Diane Santangelo,
Xiaojun Guo,
Aurora D. Pryor,
Tong J. Gan,
Elliott BennettGuerrero
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1097/eja.0000000000001001
Subject(s) - medicine , acupressure , nausea , anesthesia , postoperative nausea and vomiting , randomized controlled trial , vomiting , patient satisfaction , physical therapy , clinical trial , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Acupressure therapy is associated with favourable efficacies on postoperative nausea, pain and sleep disturbance, although the quality of the evidence is generally low. No randomised clinical trial has yet assessed the effect of acupressure on postoperative quality of recovery (QoR).