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Single-needle acupuncture alleviates gag reflex during transesophageal echocardiography : a blinded , randomized , controlled pilot trial . OBJECTIVES To study the effect of single-needle acupuncture in suppressing gag-reflex in transesophageal echocardiography ( TEE ) . DESIGN Prospective , blinded trial . Settings/locations : Patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack undergoing TEE because of presumed cardioembolic origin in a specialized stroke unit of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University , Frankfurt/Main , Germany . Subjects/Study interventions : Forty-one ( 41 ) patients were studied . Patients received single-needle acupuncture with a 0.2 x 13 mm disposable acupuncture needle ( Suzhou Medical Appliances , China ) , 10-mm deep either at Chengjiang ( midline between lower lip and chin ) or superficially at a sham point ( tip of the chin ) during TEE or no acupuncture for alleviating gag reflex . OUTCOME MEASURES Severity of gagging was rated on a visual-analogue scale . RESULTS The acupuncture group experienced significantly less gagging than the sham group ( p = 0.037 ) or the nonacupuncture group ( p = 0.013 ) . CONCLUSIONS Acupuncture of CV24 is an easy to apply and effective method to reduce gag reflex during TEE .
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Intervention_Physical
Single-needle acupuncture
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Intervention_Physical
single-needle acupuncture
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Intervention_Physical
single-needle acupuncture
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Intervention_Physical
no acupuncture
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Intervention_Physical
Acupuncture of CV24
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Outcome_Physical
Severity of gagging
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Outcome_Physical
less gagging
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Outcome_Other
gag reflex
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Participant_Condition
during transesophageal echocardiography :
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Participant_Condition
Patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack undergoing TEE because of presumed cardioembolic origin in a specialized stroke unit of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University , Frankfurt/Main , Germany .
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Participant_Sample-size
Forty-one ( 41 )