Acupuncture for discomfort in patients during gastroscopy: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for discomfort in patients during gastroscopy.

Methods and analysis

Randomised controlled trials will be searched electronically in several databases including OVID MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Chinese Medical Current Content (CMCC), Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP database), Wan-Fang Database and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) from their respective founding dates to 30 April 2014. We will also try to find the literature by manually searching conference abstracts and reference lists. The study selection, extraction of data and assessment of study quality will be

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4158216 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature