Acupuncture for swallowing in PSD 2024
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by bmasmd
14h ago
Stimulated by Ma et al and Zhang et al 2024.[1,2] MC doing tongue manoeuvres with a needle buried in CV23 at a BMAS Practical course in March 2024. CV23 has recently been introduced on the BMAS Foundation Course… PSD – post stroke dysphagia IF – impact factor FMA – Fugl-Meyer assessment (motor function assessment after stroke) BI – Barthel index (assessment of activities of daily living) DOSS – dysphagia outcome severity scale SWAL-QOL – swallowing quality of life (outcome score) APC – article processing charge CAM – complementary and alternative medicine MBA – masters in business administrat ..read more
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EA vs escitalopram for PSD
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by bmasmd
2w ago
Stimulated by Ma et al 2024.[1] Photo by Julius Carmine on Unsplash. This image came up when I searched for Yancheng on Unsplash. Just to the right of centre, between the two central pillars you can just see a fluid level – I guess that is the Yellow Sea. EA – electroacupuncture PSD – post stroke depression RCT – randomised controlled trial SR – systematic review HAMD-17 – Hamilton depression scale (the first 17 items) SDS – Zung self-rating depression scale MBI – modified Barthel index key to acronyms This is a relatively large, single centre, sham controlled and comparative RCT from a group ..read more
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Risk of tubes in dementia 2024
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by bmasmd
3w ago
Stimulated by Huang et al 2024.[1] Seven Sisters tube station – platform 4 (2) by Mike Quinn is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0. This is entirely unrelated to the content of this blog apart from the shared word – tube. ‘tubes’ – this refers to urinary catheters, NG tubes and tracheostomies NG – nasogastric NHIRD – nation health insurance research database (Taiwan) HCC – home health care LGTD – longitudinal generation tracking database aHR – adjusted hazard ratio CI – confidence interval key to acronyms and terms I continue to be surprised by these retrospective cohort studies from Taiwan. The tec ..read more
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Acupuncture in the ICU 2024
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by bmasmd
1M ago
Stimulated by Ben-Arie et al 2024.[1] ICU – intensive care unit SR – systematic review MV – mechanical ventilation RCT – randomised controlled trial EA – electroacupuncture MA – manual acupuncture US – ultrasound RR – relative risk CI – confidence interval key to acronyms This paper was published online in November 2023, but I could not access the full text. Eventually I wrote to one of the corresponding authors (Yu-Chen Lee) and he kindly sent me a pdf. It is another SR based on trials of patients in ICU from the same team in Taichung, Taiwan, as the one I highlighted on the safety of acupu ..read more
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Stroke risk in RA 2024
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by bmasmd
1M ago
Stimulated by Huang et al 2023.[1] Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com RA – rheumatoid arthritis RCIPD – Registry for Catastrophic Illness Patients Database NHIRD – national health insurance research database (Taiwan) DMARDs – disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs aHR – adjusted hazard ratio CHD – coronary heart disease key to acronyms I thought this was the first time I had seen one of these large observational cohort studies from Taiwan published in BMJ Open, but on checking my records I see that there was one from the pre-blog era that I managed to scoop into the end of a blog in 2021 ..read more
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Acupuncture for DPN
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by bmasmd
1M ago
Inspired by Hoerder et al 2023.[1] Photo by How-Soon Ngu on Unsplash. DPN – diabetic peripheral neuropathy ACUCIN – acupuncture for chemotherapy-induced neuropathy ACUDIN – acupuncture for diabetic induced neuropathy ACUDPN – acupuncture in diabetic peripheral neuropathy NCS – nerve conduction studies ARC – acupuncture in routing care (a set of trials from Germany in the 00’s) MA – manual acupuncture VAS – visual analogue score SR – systematic review EA – electroacupuncture RCT – randomised controlled trial key to acronyms This paper was published in mid-December 2023 in the Wo ..read more
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EA post-TKA 2024
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by bmasmd
1M ago
Inspired by Huang et al 2023.[1] This Figure is taked from the published protocol.[2] EA – electroacupuncture TKA – total knee arthroplasty RCT – randomised controlled trial VAS – visual analogue score PCA – patient-controlled analgesia MSK – musculoskeletal SD – standard deviation CI – confidence interval MCID – minimum important clinical difference key to acronyms This is a paper that we (Acupuncture in Medicine) published online at the very end of 2023, so when it is selected for an issue, it will be 2024. If you are a BMAS member you need to access the full text via the Acupuncture in Med ..read more
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Acupuncture for PSA 2024
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by bmasmd
2M ago
Inspired by Li et al 2024.[1] This is the first question of the Western aphasia battery… My point is that you cannot do mechanistic laboratory studies on PSA in rodents. Photo by Kanashi on Unsplash. PSA – post-stroke aphasia PSA – prostatic specific antigen (not the subject of this blog) EA – electroacupuncture PSD – post-stroke dysphagia (the subject of a previous blog) RCT – randomised controlled trial MA – manual acupuncture SR – systematic review AQ – aphasia quotient WAB – Western aphasia battery CFCP – Chinese functional communication profile key to acronyms It has been nearly 2 years ..read more
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EA vs metformin for IR in PCOS 2024
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by bmasmd
2M ago
Inspired by Cao et al 2023.[1] With thanks to Deniah for the image. EA – electroacupuncture IR – insulin resistance PCOS – polycystic ovary syndrome BMI – body mass index HOMA-IR – homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance AUC – area under curve key to acronyms I have a blog category for PCOS, but the last post on the topic was over 2 years ago. This paper is a post hoc analysis of a prior trial. That means nobody thought about doing it beforehand… but only after they had seen the data. The original trial was highlighted here: EA vs metformin for IR in PCOS 2021.[2] It was a 3-armed ..read more
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Patient–practitioner interactions 2024
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by bmasmd
2M ago
Stimulated by Ko et al 2023.[1] A sketch of the treatment room interaction by MC. See below for key to acronyms in this diagram. PPI – patient­–practitioner interactions WM – Western medicine CM – Chinese medicine PoPS – principles of point selection WMA – Western medical acupuncture RI – Royal Institution (the place where they do the Christmas Lectures) OA – osteoarthritis NDI – Nepean Dyspepsia Index (Korean version used in this trial) AI – artificial intelligence key to acronyms I have been interested in the practitioner effect ever since a Norwegian colleague presented his data on acupunc ..read more
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