Acupuncture intervention for acute pain in the Emergency Department trial: a consensus process.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This document describes the consensus process and intervention for a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded multi-site feasibility study utilizing acupuncture for ACUte paIn in The EmergencY Department (ACUITY). The acupuncture intervention is designed to be flexible and responsive to the most common Emergency Department (ED) scenarios, including trauma, acute pain of the low back, abdomen and/or musculoskeletal system, renal colic and headache.

Background

Opioids remain a primary treatment for acute ED pain with attendant risk of adverse effects, addiction liability, diversion and death. Effective/safer options for acute pain are needed. Although acupuncture therapy has shown promise for acute pain in the ED alone or in conjunction wi

SUBMITTER: Nielsen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10948001 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature