Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Propofol Induction Dose: Could Vagus Nerve and Parasympathetic Stimulation Replace Intravenous Co-Induction Agents?

Fanara, Benoît; Lambiel, Silvia

doi:10.1089/acu.2018.1327

Scientific article

English

Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Propofol Induction Dose: Could Vagus Nerve and Parasympathetic Stimulation Replace Intravenous Co-Induction Agents?

ContributorsFanara, Benoît; Lambiel, Silvia

Published inMedical Acupuncture, vol. 31, no. 2, p. 103-108

Publication date2019

Abstract

Auricular acupuncture, through a combination of several points, can produce sedative and analgesic effects. The aim of this study was to compare the induction dose of propofol required to obtain a loss of response to verbal commands, with and without a preoperative combination of auricular points.

Keywords

Auricular acupuncture
Vagus nerve stimulation
Parasympathetic
Propofol
Co-induction
General anesthesia

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département des neurosciences cliniques

Citation (ISO format)

FANARA, Benoît, LAMBIEL, Silvia. Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Propofol Induction Dose: Could Vagus Nerve and Parasympathetic Stimulation Replace Intravenous Co-Induction Agents? In: Medical Acupuncture, 2019, vol. 31, n° 2, p. 103–108. doi: 10.1089/acu.2018.1327

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PID : unige:144393
DOI : 10.1089/acu.2018.1327
PMID : 31031876

Commercial URLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6484352/

Journal ISSN1933-6586

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Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Propofol Induction Dose: Could Vagus Nerve and Parasympathetic Stimulation Replace Intravenous Co-Induction Agents?

Auricular acupuncture, through a combination of several points, can produce sedative and analgesic effects. The aim of this study was to compare the induction dose of propofol required to obtain a loss of response to verbal commands, with and without a preoperative combination of auricular points.

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