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Burns
June 2024
Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address:
Background: The prevalence of neuropathic pain (NP) in burn patients is reported in the literature to be as high as 80%. Given the complexity of NP in burn patients and the wide range of treatments available, a systematic review of the literature is warranted to summarize our current understanding of management and treatment of NP in this population.
Methods: This systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
September 2022
State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Objective: This study aims to systematically evaluate the curative efficacy of different acupuncture methods in the treatment of obesity combined with insulin resistance in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) by network meta-analysis.
Methods: Four Chinese databases (CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, and SinoMed) and four English databases (PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and www.clinicaltrial.
Introduction: Oxidative stress is involved in the occurrence and development of multiple diseases. Acupuncture shows an excellent clinical efficacy in practical application but its mechanism remains unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed at assessing the effect of acupuncture on oxidative stress in animal models.
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November 2021
Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, No.1035 Boshuo Road, Nanguan District, Changchun, 130117, Jilin, China.
Background: Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN) has a great impact on an individual's quality of life. The current researchers' previous trial suggested that acupuncture was a promising adjunctive treatment for PDPN. However, the underlying mechanism of action of acupuncture treatment for PDPN is still unclear, especially its effects at the cerebral level.
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December 2020
Department of Acupuncture, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Objective: Our aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for OSA patients with various severities of the disorder.
Methods: Eight databases including PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chongqing VIP (CQVIP), Wanfang Data, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) were comprehensively searched till July 2019. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing acupuncture in the treatment of OSA were eligible for inclusion.
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