PMID- 26612992
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151127
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 1741-427X (Print)
IS  - 1741-4288 (Electronic)
IS  - 1741-427X (Linking)
VI  - 2015
DP  - 2015
TI  - The Reporting Quality of Acupuncture-Related Infections in Korean Literature: A 
      Systematic Review of Case Studies.
PG  - 273409
LID - 10.1155/2015/273409 [doi]
LID - 273409
AB  - Objective. Acupuncture is generally accepted as a safe intervention when it is 
      administered in appropriate clinical setting by well-educated and experienced 
      practitioners. In this study, we reviewed observational studies on adverse events 
      (AEs) or complications relevant to acupuncture practice in Korean literature for 
      assessing their reporting quality and suggested recommendations for future ones 
      on acupuncture-related infections. Method. Electronic databases including 
      Medline, Embase, Cochrane library, Korean studies Information Service System, 
      DBpia, National Digital Science Library, and Korean National Assembly Library 
      were searched until May 2015. Combination of keywords including "acupuncture" and 
      "infection" were used for searching databases. Result. A total of 23 studies from 
      2,739 literature articles were identified from electronic database searching 
      until May 2015. From this review, we found that most case studies did not report 
      enough information for judging causality between acupuncture and the AEs (or 
      complications) as well as appropriateness of the acupuncture practice. In 
      addition, acupuncture experts rarely participated in the reporting of these AEs 
      (or complications). Conclusion. Based on these limitations, we suggest a 
      tentative recommendation for future case studies on acupuncture-related 
      infection. We hope that this recommendation would contribute to the improvement 
      of the reporting quality of acupuncture-related AEs (or complications) in the 
      future.
FAU - Kim, Tae-Hun
AU  - Kim TH
AD  - Korean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee 
      University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Kang, Jung Won
AU  - Kang JW
AD  - Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee 
      University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
FAU - Park, Wan-Soo
AU  - Park WS
AD  - College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Republic of Korea.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20151103
PL  - United States
TA  - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
JT  - Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
JID - 101215021
PMC - PMC4647026
EDAT- 2015/11/28 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/28 06:01
PMCR- 2015/11/03
CRDT- 2015/11/28 06:00
PHST- 2015/06/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/08/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/10/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/11/28 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/11/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/28 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/11/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2015/273409 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:273409. doi: 10.1155/2015/273409. 
      Epub 2015 Nov 3.