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Acupuncture for Relief of Gag Reflex

Germany60 participantsStarted 2019-01-13

Plain-language summary

The aim of the study is to test whether stimulation of acupuncture points CV24 and P6 is better than placebo acupuncture in treatment of gagging in patients undergoing elective transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)

Who can participate

Age range30 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to III scheduled for elective ambulatory transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) without sedation
✓. TEE time does not exceed 30 minutes
✓. Patients without previous opioid and psychotropic medication
✓. Patients aged between 30 and 65 years, able to use visual analogue scale 100 mm
✓. Patients who have given written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

✕. Current psychiatric disease
✕. Local skin infection at the sites of acupuncture
✕. Aged \< 30 or \> 65 years
✕. TEE time more than 30 min
✕. Patients who consumed opioid medication at least 6 months before surgery
✕. Patients with the history of: i) psychiatric disease; ii) insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; iii) radio- or chemotherapy; iv) peripheral polyneuropathy.
✕. Patients who are unable to understand the consent form or to use visual analogue scale 100 mm

What they're measuring

Incidence of gagging during probe insertion

Timeframe: 10 minutes after TEE probe insertion

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03821428

SponsorUniversity Medicine Greifswald

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-05-20

Contact for this trial

Taras Usichenko, MD, PhD

+49 3834865893 taras@uni-greifswald.de

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