Efficacy and Safety of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation (TEAS) As An Analgesic Intervention for Labor Pain: A Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Epidural analgesia (EA) is the most widely used intervention for the reduction of labor pain; however, it is contra-indicated for patients with spinal deformity or allergy to anesthetics and may be refused by parturients. As a noninvasive and nonnarcotic analgesic intervention, transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) has gained increasing attention in recent years. Therefore, we performed a network meta-analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of TEAS and EA as measured by visual analog scale score, the failure rate of natural delivery, adverse events, and Apgar scores.

Methods

Relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from four electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane CENTRAL) and clinical trials.gov were searched f

SUBMITTER: Yan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10199978 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature