Electro-acupuncture modification of halothane anaesthesia in the dog

Tseng, Chin Kai; Tay, Aye Aye L.; Pace, Nathan L.; Westenskow, Dwayne R.; Wong, K. C.

doi:10.1007/bf03007255

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“…EA induced decrease in MAC of isoflurane in this study is similar to that of previous report, which describes the effect of EA at SP-6 during halothane anesthesia [13]. But there is no report on the acupoint that decreases or increases the MAC of isoflurane.…”

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“…Wright and McGrath suggested that additional acupuncture anesthesia could be beneficial for conventional surgical anesthesia with reducing anesthetic requirements [17]. Minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of halothane was reduced with EA at SP-6 acupoint in dogs [13]. In human patients, many surgical procedures were performed under acupuncture anesthesia [2,15,16].…”

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“…Anesthetic effects of several acupoints were investigated. These acupoints were GV-5, GV-20, GB-34, SP-4, SP-6, ST-36, TH-8, TH-13 and others [1,5,9,13]. Chen et al compared the analgesic effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) at acupoint and nonacupoint.…”

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Effect of Electroacupuncture on Minimum Alveolar Concentration of Isoflurane in Dogs.

Jeong

Nam

2003

J. Vet. Med. Sci.

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ABSTRACT. The effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of isoflurane was evaluated in dogs. After determination of baseline MAC, EA was applied at each acupoints (LI-4, SP-6, ST-36 and TH-8) and nonacupoint for 30 min. MAC was determined again. EA at acupoints significantly lowered the MAC of isoflurane in dogs (17.5 ± 3.1%, 21.3 ± 8.0%, 21.2 ± 7.5% and 15.4 ± 3.1%, respectively). In control group and nonacupoint electrical stimulation group MAC were not decreased significantly. From these results, electroacupuncture at each acupoints used in the present study would have an advantage in isoflurane anesthe sia with reducing its requirement.

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Effect of Electroacupuncture on Minimum Alveolar Concentration of Isoflurane in Dogs.

Jeong

Nam

2003

J. Vet. Med. Sci.

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“…Acupuncture has been reported to be effective in numerous non-blinded [10,11] and sham-controlled trials [12][13][14], whereas others report no benefit [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Our recent study in anaesthetised volunteers constitutes the first fully double-blinded trial demonstrating acupuncture-induced analgesia [1].…”

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The effect of auricular acupuncture on anaesthesia with desflurane

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SummaryIn most acupuncture studies it is difficult or even impossible to conduct a truly double-blind trial. However, this is possible when treatments are carried out on anaesthetised patients. Because acupuncture provides analgesia, we tested the hypothesis that needle stimulation of a combination of four ear acupoints would significantly reduce anaesthetic requirement. Ten healthy volunteers were anaesthetised with desflurane and randomly assigned to no treatment or acupuncture; the alternative treatment was given on a subsequent study day. Auricular acupuncture was performed with needles placed at the Shen Men, Thalamus, Tranquiliser and Master Cerebral Points on the right ear. Anaesthetic requirement, determined by the Dixon up-and-down method, was defined by the average desflurane concentration that prevented purposeful movement of the extremities in response to noxious electrical stimulation. Volunteers required a greater desflurane concentration to prevent movement on the control than on the acupuncture day: 4.9 (0.7; SD) vs. 4.4 (0.8) -vol. %, p ¼ 0.003. Acupuncture thus reduced anaesthetic requirement by 8.5 (7)%.

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“…Electroacupuncture study resulted in a slight reduction the need of halothane in anesthezied animals but statistically was significant. The advantage of acupuncture during general anesthesia is to allow full blind study without sham treatment [19].…”

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Acupuncture as adjuvant general anesthesia on cesarean section

Kurniawan¹,

Tarawan²,

Djuantono³

et al. 2018

J Anesthesiol Clin Sci

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Acupuncture has been widely used to induce analgesia. Acupuncture can be used as pain therapy, allergy, inflammation, metabolic disorder, poststroke and adjuvant anesthesia. This case report aims to describe the benefits of acupuncture as an adjuvant of general anesthesia in cesarean section. A 20 years woman G1P0A0 parturien aterm with fetal breech position presented to undergo cesarean section in general anesthesia with an adjuvant acupuncture at Dr. Dustira Hospital Cimahi Indonesia in June 20th, 2017. Patient was treated electroacupuncture by inserting needles at the points of incision, Hegu (LI-4), Neikuan (P-6), Sanyinjiao (SP-6) and Zusanli (S-36) bilaterally 10 mA at a frequency of 40 Hz began 30 minutes before induction of anesthesia until surgery was completed. Induction of anesthesia was initiated by injection of fentanyl 50 µg and propofol 50 mg until negative eyelids reflex followed by ventilation support with isofluran, N2O:O2, atracurium 25 mg and then performed intubation. Maintenance of anesthesia used isofluran to achieve adequate anesthesia level with BIS monitor on 40-60 scale, N2O:O2 = 2 L/min: 2 L/min. During operation the hemodynamic condition was stable with an average of end tidal isofluran 0.5 vol%. The baby was born with APGAR score of 5-8-10. After surgery the acupuncture needle at the left Hegu point is maintained for 24 hours. Patient was not given either analgesic or antiemetic postoperatively. The patient was admitted to the recovery room for 30 minutes without any complaint of bleeding, pain, nausea or vomiting, then moved to the nursing ward. In this case, acupuncture as adjuvant general anesthesia decreased the dose of anesthetic drugs and did not interfere with the fetus. Acupuncture was also useful to prevent postoperative pain and nausea vomiting.

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Electro-acupuncture modification of halothane anaesthesia in the dog

Cited by 19 publications

References 13 publications

Effect of Electroacupuncture on Minimum Alveolar Concentration of Isoflurane in Dogs.

Effect of Electroacupuncture on Minimum Alveolar Concentration of Isoflurane in Dogs.

The effect of auricular acupuncture on anaesthesia with desflurane

Acupuncture as adjuvant general anesthesia on cesarean section

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