The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine (대한한방소아과학회지)

The Association of Korean Oriental Pediatrics (대한한방소아과학회)
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Acupuncture for the Treatment of Burns: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials and Case Controlled Trials

화상의 침 치료에 대한 체계적 문헌고찰

  • Lee, Jieun (Department of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Jeong, Seoyoon (Department of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Choi, Yoomin (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Jeong, Minjeong (Department of Pediatrics, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University)
  • 이지은 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한의학과) ;
  • 정서윤 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한의학과) ;
  • 최유민 (우석대학교 한의과대학 침구의학교실) ;
  • 정민정 (우석대학교 한의과대학 한방소아과학교실)
  • Received : 2017.10.25
  • Accepted : 2017.11.13
  • Published : 2017.11.30
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Abstract

Objectives The study was conducted to evaluate the acupuncture treatment for burns by reviewing international randomized controlled studies and case controlled studies. Methods In the review, ten academic literature archives; NDSL, OASIS, PubMed, Cochrane library, CNKI, WANFANG, CINAHL, J-STAGE, CiNii, and EMBASE were used as the main databases to search for the randomized controlled trials or the case controlled trials about acupuncture treatment of burns using the keywords "burns AND acupuncture", "burn AND acupuncture", and "scald AND acupuncture". Results Initially, a total of 852 studies were founded except duplicate studies. 801 studies were excluded after screening of title and abstract. After reviewing 51 papers, a total of four randomized controlled trials and two case controlled trials were selected. These studies were analyzed by year, subjects, treatment intervention, evaluation criteria, treatment effect, adverse events, and 'Risk of Bias' assessment for randomized studies and non-randomized studies. From the six papers out of 51 papers those were reviewed, patients with burns were divided into two groups. The experimental group received acupuncture treatment, while the control group did not. The results of the completed studies have shown that the experimental group receiving acupuncture treatment demonstrated significant improvement compared to the control group, and there was no serious adverse events. Conclusions According to some of the studies, acupuncture in burn treatment is worth to try. However, additional well-designed randomized controlled studies will be required to justify the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment of burns.

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