Effect of perioperative acupuncture-assisted general anesthesia on the anesthetic dosage required in adult surgical patients: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the comparative effects of acupuncture and related techniques-assisted general anesthesia (GA) on the total dosage of main anesthetic drugs administered during surgery.

Methods

The following data bases were searched on June 30, 2022: Embase, Cochrane, PubMed, Web of Science, CBM, CNKI, WANFANG and VIP to find randomized controlled trials (RCTs). A random-effects Bayesian network meta-analysis and subgroup analysis were employed. The GRADE system was applied to make evidence quality assessments. The intraoperative total doses of propofol and remifentanil were the primary and secondary outcomes, respectively. The weighted mean difference (WMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were determined to measure the size of any potential effect.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Qiu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10206013 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature