Acupuntura para pacientes en UCI: evidencia, mecanismos y desafíos de implementación

Pochen Li1, Yang Wu2, Yan Wu1

  • 1Intensive Care Unit, Ningbo Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Ningbo, China.

Frontiers in neurology
|January 19, 2026
PubMed
Resumen

La acupuntura muestra promesa como terapia complementaria en la unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI), potencialmente reduciendo la necesidad de medicación y mejorando los resultados del paciente. Se necesita más investigación para estandarizar su uso y confirmar su seguridad y eficacia en entornos de cuidados críticos.

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