ArticleMedicine2020
The effectiveness and safety of acupuncture therapy for Guillain-Barré syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture Treatment of Guillain-Barré Syndrome After Using Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Case Report.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Clinical efficacy of high-dose intravenous gammaglobulin in acute Guillain-Barre syndrome and effect on serum concentration of inflammatory factors.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
- Intensive Care and Treatment of Severe Guillain-Barré Syndrome.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundGuillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is the most common acute paralytic neuropathy. Many clinical trials indicate acupuncture provides a good effect as a complementary therapy of Western medicine for GBS. The objective of this systematic review protocol is to provide the evidence to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture on the treatment of GBS.
methodsWe will search relevant randomized controlled trials investigating the effect of acupuncture for GBS in following databases from start to October 2019: PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL Complete, National Digital Science Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang Database without language restriction. For articles that meet our inclusion criteria, 2 researchers will extract the data information independently, and assess the risk of bias and trial quality by the Cochrane collaboration's tool. All data will be analyzed by RevMan V.5.3.3 statistical software.
resultsAccording to the Barthel index of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) muscle scale, the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for GBS will be determined in this study.
conclusionThis systemic review will provide high quality evidence to judging whether acupuncture provides benefits to treat GBS.Prospero registration number: CRD42019158710.
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