Acupuncture-related adverse events: systematic review and meta-analyses of prospective clinical studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Overview on risks of acupuncture-related adverse events (AEs).

Design

Systematic review and meta-analyses of prospective studies.

Data sources

PubMed, Scopus and Embase from inception date to 15 September 2019.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Prospective studies assessing AEs caused by needle acupuncture in humans as primary outcome published in English or German.

Data extraction and synthesis

Two independent researchers selected articles, extracted the data and assessed study quality. Overall risks and risks for different AE categories were obtained from random effects meta-analyses.

Main outcomes

Overall risk of minor AEs and serious adverse events (SAEs) per patients and per treatments.

Results

A total of 7679 public

SUBMITTER: Baumler P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422480 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature