Adjunct Acupuncture Improved Respiratory Status and Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation After Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia.

Jun Matsumoto-MiyazakiHideshi OkadaTomotaka MiuraKeisuke KumadaGenki NaruseNagisa MiyazakiKodai SuzukiShozo YoshidaShinji OguraHiroyuki Okura

Published in: Medical acupuncture (2024)

Acupuncture improved respiration and facilitated MV weaning in a patient with respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19. Adjunctive acupuncture may benefit such patients and others after severe pneumonia. Large cohort studies are needed.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
respiratory failure
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
coronavirus disease
sars cov
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
case report
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
drug induced
respiratory tract