Acupuncture: Complications are preventable not adverse events

Ping-chung Leung; Lang Zhang; King-fai Cheng

doi:10.1007/s11655-009-0229-2

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Acupuncture: Complications are preventable not adverse events

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- Acupuncture: Complications are preventable not adverse events
- Acupuncture: Complications are preventable not adverse events
- 中国结合医学杂志（英文版） 2009年15卷第3期页码：229-232
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  Institute of Chinese Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong,China
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- DOI：10.1007/s11655-009-0229-2
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- 纸质出版日期：2009，
  
  网络出版日期：2009-7-2，
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Leung, Pc., Zhang, L. & Cheng, Kf. Acupuncture: Complications are preventable not adverse events., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 15, 229–232 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-009-0229-2

Ping-chung Leung, Lang Zhang, King-fai Cheng. Acupuncture: Complications are preventable not adverse events[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2009,15(3):229-232.
Leung, Pc., Zhang, L. & Cheng, Kf. Acupuncture: Complications are preventable not adverse events., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 15, 229–232 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-009-0229-2 DOI：

Ping-chung Leung, Lang Zhang, King-fai Cheng. Acupuncture: Complications are preventable not adverse events[J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2009,15(3):229-232. DOI： 10.1007/s11655-009-0229-2.

摘要

If adverse effects are understood as “something that happened unexpectedly” while receiving drug treatment

there is no difference between adverse effects and complications. However

acupuncture is a process different from the use of drugs. While acupuncture procedures should not be taken for granted as safe

complications causing harm are usually

according to the authors

the result of negligence

and should be differentiated from other adverse effects. Harmful complications noted consisted of bleeding and damage to the tissues and organs under the puncture sites. Adverse effects consisted of symptomatology like fainting and other systemic disturbances difficult to explain. In a study of acupuncture complications and adverse effects in 2000 procedures conducted by experienced professional acupuncturists in a research institution

it was found that complications did not occur

and adverse events happened infrequently. Attempts were made to explain the causes of adverse effects. Now that acupuncture is being widely incorporated into medical practice

a good understanding of adverse effects and complications would be necessary and helpful.

Abstract

If adverse effects are understood as “something that happened unexpectedly” while receiving drug treatment

there is no difference between adverse effects and complications. However

acupuncture is a process different from the use of drugs. While acupuncture procedures should not be taken for granted as safe

complications causing harm are usually

according to the authors

the result of negligence

it was found that complications did not occur

and adverse events happened infrequently. Attempts were made to explain the causes of adverse effects. Now that acupuncture is being widely incorporated into medical practice

a good understanding of adverse effects and complications would be necessary and helpful.

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