Acupuncture for gastrointestinal urticaria: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The purpose of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal urticaria (GU) and to provide a clinician's guide to GU treatment options.

Methods and analysis

We plan to search multiple databases (i.e., PubMed, EMBASE, Springer, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database and Wanfang Database) for studies published before September 1, 2022. We will electronically search for all relevant studies concerning clinical acupuncture treatments of GU, including unpublished conference articles and other gray literature. The language limit of this systematic review is Chinese and English. Any reports of clinical randomized control

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9614266 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature