Acupuncture as an Adjunctive Treatment for Pain in Hospitalized Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Reece-Stremtan S, Mahmood L, Margulies S, Martin B, Rohatgi R, Idiokitas R, Cohen IT, Zhang A, Thaniel L, Hardy SJ, Darbari DS · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2021 June 9
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.06.003
Objective
To evaluate acceptability of acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy and explore the impact of acupuncture on pain related outcomes in a population of youth with SCD hospitalized for management of acute pain.
Conclusions
This article highlighted the efficacy of acupuncture treatment in reduction with pain scores and reaction rates in children and youth (9-20 age) with SCD.
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