Traumatic brain injury traumatic brain edema
Conditions
Interventions
experimental group:Early acupuncture adjuvant therapy
control group:Nil
Sponsors
People's Hospital of Qionghai City, Hainan Province
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Initial GCS score between 6 and 12 at the time of injury; 2. Patients with one or more cerebral contusions on CT scan accompanied by obvious edema around the contusion; 3. Aged 16 to 75 years; 4. Agree to start acupuncture treatment within 72 hours after injury or craniotomy; 5. The legal representative signed the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with unstable vital signs within 72 hours of admission; 2. Serious medical diseases, such as heart, liver, kidney failure or autoimmune diseases; 3. Patients who need craniotomy for reasons other than TBI before randomization; 4. Patients who are not suitable for acupuncture, including pregnant women, frequent epilepsy, mental disorders, fear of acupuncture, special weakness, skin infection at the acupuncture site, etc.; 5. Medications required to treat comorbidities may affect study results.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Glasgow outcome score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Glasgow Coma Scale score;Volume of traumatic brain edema; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactGuo Ziquan
People's Hospital of Qionghai City, Hainan Province
Outcome results
None listed