Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine (한국한의학연구원논문집)
- Volume 13 Issue 3
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- Pages.79-85
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- 2007
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- 1229-3377(pISSN)
Review of Adverse Events in Acupuncture Treatment
침치료 이상반응에 대한 고찰
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Park, Ji-Eun
(Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Oh, Dal-Seok
(Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Choi, Jun-Yong
(Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Jung, So-Young
(Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Kim, Ae-Ran
(Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Koo, Chang-Mo (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Jung, Hee-Jung (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
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Choi, Sun-Mi
(Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
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박지은
(한국한의학연구원) ;
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오달석
(한국한의학연구원) ;
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최준용
(한국한의학연구원) ;
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정소영
(한국한의학연구원) ;
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김애란
(한국한의학연구원) ;
- 구창모 (한국한의학연구원) ;
- 정희정 (한국한의학연구원) ;
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최선미
(한국한의학연구원)
- Published : 2007.12.30
Abstract
Objective : To investigate documented surveys about adverse events of acupuncture therapy. Methods: We searched Medline with the terms of 'acupuncture/adverse event(s)', 'acupuncture/side effect(s)' and 'CAM/adverse event(s)' using Pubmed and set the limits to human study. Results: There were 5 prospective studies, 3 reviews and 3 surveys in our searching. There were 3 reports about acupuncture related adverse events in UK ranging from 10.7% to 15% of which the rate of significant events were from 0.13% to 0.14%. In Germany, there were 11% of acupuncture related adverse events in one report and 7.5%(significant events were 45 in 190,924 patients) in another report. In Australia, one study reported that every adverse event associated with acupuncture occurred in 8-9 month per one practitioner. In Japan, 0.14% of acupuncture related adverse events in 48 practitioners were reported in one systemic review. A cumulative review about significant adverse events associated with acupuncture reported 715 adverse events of which most frequent accidents were pneumothorax and central nervous system injury. Conclusion : The risk of adverse event associated with acupuncture is far lower than that associated with other general medical interventions. However, some safety guidelines about the acupuncture performance are needed.