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eCAM Advance Access published online on October 29, 2009
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nep172
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Auricular Acupunctures are Effective for the Prevention of Postoperative Agitation in Old Patients

Young-Chang P. Arai1, Akihiro Ito2, Soki Hibino2, Sinnosuke Niwa2 and Wasa Ueda3

1Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Aichi Medical University, School of Medicine, 2Department of Surgery, Toki General Hospital, Gifu and 3Departments of Anesthesiology, Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Nursing, Kochi Medical School, Japan

Postoperative cognitive problems and delirium are not uncommon in the elderly. We reported four cases in which auricular acupunctures on the ‘Shenmen’ and ‘Point Zero’ points successfully managed postoperative problematic behaviors of the three patients with dementia and the one patient postoperatively demonstrating an agitated behavior.

Keywords: agitation – auricular acupuncture – delirium – dementia

For reprints and all correspondence: Young-Chang P. Arai, Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Aichi Medical University, School of Medicine, 21 Karimata, Nagakutecho, Aichigun, Aichi 480-1195, Japan. Tel: +81-561-62-3311; Fax: +81-561-62-5004; E-mail: arainon{at}aichi-med-u.ac.jp

Received May 7, 2009; accepted October 2, 2009


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