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ADVERSE EVENTS OF ACUPUNCTURE - RELATED METHODS
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Objective: Evaluating of the rate, frequency and severity of the adverse events for acupuncture - related methods. Subjects: Retrospective study of all outpatients at the Traditional Medicine Department – Saint Paul General Hospital from January 2020 to December 2020. Results: Electroacupuncture has a rate adverse of 15.33% and a frequency of 17.04%. Acupressure massage has a rate adverse of 2.37% and a frequency of 0.21%. The moxibution had a rate adverse of 1.31% and a frequency of 0.09%. Bleeding accounted for 30.21% of the times of acupoint injection. Bleeding are mild and stop bleeding immediately after blotting with dry cotton. Conclusion: Acupuncture - related methods are safety and adverse events were mild.
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Adverse events, acupuncture - related methods.
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