Effect of dual-acupoint and single-acupoint electric stimulation on postoperative outcomes in elderly patients subjected to gastrointestinal surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Autor: Wei-xian Zhao, Ming-fu Liu, Lize Xiong, Wei Zhang, Su Min, Yonghui Wang, Jia-wen Huang-fu, Lini Wang, Zhihong Lu, Hailong Dong, Xiao-jian Fan
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Male
China
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Stimulation
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Primary outcome
Randomized controlled trial
Risk Factors
030202 anesthesiology
law
Study protocol
medicine
Humans
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Pharmacology (medical)
Digestive System Surgical Procedures
Electric stimulation
Aged
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
lcsh:R5-920
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Age Factors
Postoperative complication
Health Care Costs
Length of Stay
Intensive care unit
Surgery
Gastrointestinal Tract
Elderly patients
Intensive Care Units
Electroacupuncture
Treatment Outcome
Transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation
Female
lcsh:Medicine (General)
business
Acupuncture Points
Medical costs
Zdroj: Trials, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2018)
Trials
ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-018-3052-2
Popis: Background Transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation (TEAS) has shown benefits when used peri-operatively. However, the role of numbers of areas with acupoint stimulation is still unclear. Therefore, we report the protocol of a randomized controlled trial of using TEAS in elderly patients subjected to gastrointestinal surgery, and comparing dual-acupoint and single-acupoint stimulation. Methods/design A multicenter, randomized, controlled, three-arm design, large-scale trial is currently undergoing in four hospitals in China. Three hundred and forty-five participants are randomly assigned to three groups in a 1:1:1 ratio, receiving dual-acupoint TEAS, single-acupoint TEAS, and no stimulation, respectively. The primary outcome is incidence of pulmonary complications at 30 days after surgery. The secondary outcomes include the incidence of pulmonary complications at 3 days after surgery; the all-cause mortality within 30 days and 1 year after surgery; admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and length of ICU stay within 30 days after surgery; the length of postoperative hospital stay; and medical costs during hospitalization after surgery. Discussion The result of this trial (which will be available in September 2019) will confirm whether TEAS before and during anesthesia could alleviate the postoperative pulmonary complications after gastrointestinal surgery in elderly patients, and whether dual-acupoint stimulation is more effective than single-acupoint stimulation. Trials registrations ClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT03230045. Registered on 10 July 2017. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-3052-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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