PMID- 24554789
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150122
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1759-9873 (Electronic)
IS  - 0964-5284 (Print)
IS  - 0964-5284 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 3
DP  - 2014 Jun
TI  - The safety of acupuncture during pregnancy: a systematic review.
PG  - 257-66
LID - 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010480 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Although there is a growing interest in the use of acupuncture during 
      pregnancy, the safety of acupuncture is yet to be rigorously investigated. The 
      objective of this review is to identify adverse events (AEs) associated with 
      acupuncture treatment during pregnancy. METHODS: We searched Medline, Embase, 
      Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cumulative Index to Nursing and 
      Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Allied and Complementary Medicine Database 
      (AMED) and five Korean databases up to February 2013. Reference lists of relevant 
      articles were screened for additional reports. Studies were included regardless 
      of their design if they reported original data and involved acupuncture needling 
      and/or moxibustion treatment for any conditions in pregnant women. Studies of 
      acupuncture for delivery, abortion, assisted reproduction or postpartum 
      conditions were excluded. AE data were extracted and assessed in terms of 
      severity and causality, and incidence was determined. RESULTS: Of 105 included 
      studies, detailed AEs were reported only in 25 studies represented by 27 articles 
      (25.7%). AEs evaluated as certain, probable or possible in the causality 
      assessment were all mild/moderate in severity, with needling pain being the most 
      frequent. Severe AEs or deaths were few and all considered unlikely to have been 
      caused by acupuncture. Total AE incidence was 1.9%, and the incidence of AEs 
      evaluated as certainly, probably or possibly causally related to acupuncture was 
      1.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Acupuncture during pregnancy appears to be associated with few 
      AEs when correctly applied.
CI  - Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not 
      already granted under a licence) please go to 
      http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
FAU - Park, Jimin
AU  - Park J
AD  - Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, 
      Seoul, Korea.
FAU - Sohn, Youngjoo
AU  - Sohn Y
AD  - Department of Anatomy, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 
      Korea.
FAU - White, Adrian R
AU  - White AR
AD  - Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Plymouth University Peninsula 
      Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK.
FAU - Lee, Hyangsook
AU  - Lee H
AD  - Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Centre, College of Korean Medicine, 
      Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
PT  - Systematic Review
DEP - 20140219
PL  - England
TA  - Acupunct Med
JT  - Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society
JID - 9304117
SB  - IM
MH  - Acupuncture Therapy/*adverse effects/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Clinical Trials as Topic
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pregnancy Complications/*etiology
MH  - Pregnant Women
MH  - Safety
PMC - PMC4112450
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Acupuncture
OT  - Gynaecology
OT  - Obstetrics
OT  - Systematic Reviews
EDAT- 2014/02/21 06:00
MHDA- 2015/01/23 06:00
CRDT- 2014/02/21 06:00
PHST- 2014/02/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/02/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/01/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - acupmed-2013-010480 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010480 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acupunct Med. 2014 Jun;32(3):257-66. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2013-010480. Epub 2014 
      Feb 19.