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Young-Chang P. Arai, Akihiro Ito, Soki Hibino, Sinnosuke Niwa, Wasa Ueda, "Auricular Acupunctures Are Effective for the Prevention of Postoperative Agitation in Old Patients", Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 7, Article ID 869619, 4 pages, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nep172
Auricular Acupunctures Are Effective for the Prevention of Postoperative Agitation in Old Patients
Abstract
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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