Observation on promoting resuscitation in the patients with coma of acute carbon monoxide poisoning by acupuncture combined with hyperbaric oxygen

ConclusionAcupuncture combined with HBOT achieves the superior effect of promoting resuscitation and the clinical therapeutic effects as compared with the simple HBOT. Such combined treatment reduces the levels of serum IL-6 and IL-8, increases the level of serum BDNF in ACMP patients, as well as plays the active role in the prevention from delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
Source: World Journal of Acupuncture Moxibustion - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research