Objective: To evaluate whether electroacupuncture would improve gastrointestinal function and clinical prognosis in patients with severe traumatic brain injury complicated by acute gastrointestinal injury. Methods: This multicenter, single-blind trial included patients with traumatic brain injury and acute gastrointestinal injury admitted to 5 Chinese hospitals from September 2018 to December 2019. A total …
Read More »Blood letting at Jing-well points relieves traumatic brain injury-induced cerebral oedema
Objective: To investigate whether blood-brain barrier served a key role in the edema-relief effect of bloodletting puncture at hand twelve Jing-well points in traumatic brain injury and the potential molecular signalling pathways. Methods: Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to the sham-operated (sham), traumatic brain injury, and bloodletting puncture (bloodletting) groups (n=24 …
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