Trial reportThe Journal of international medical research2020
Effects of cranial electrotherapy stimulation on preoperative anxiety and blood pressure during anesthetic induction in patients with essential hypertension.
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- Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Interventions for Perioperative Anxiety in Adults: A Systemic Review With Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Comparing the Effects of Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Daily Mood and Physiological Sleep Parameters in Athletes with Poor Pre-Competition Sleep Quality.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A comparison of interferential current efficacy in elderly intervertebral disc degeneration patients with or without sarcopenia: a retrospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Brain stimulation for chronic pain management: a narrative review of analgesic mechanisms and clinical evidence.Neurosurgical review · 2023Review
- Intermediate frequency electrotherapy stimulation to the medial femoris muscle for functional recovery of knee joint after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
objectiveCranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is a non-invasive treatment that improves symptoms such as anxiety and pain. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of CES pretreatment on levels of preoperative anxiety, pain, and hemodynamic responses-especially changes in blood pressure-during anesthetic induction in patients with essential hypertension.
methodsEighty patients undergoing general anesthesia were randomly assigned to receive either no pretreatment (control group, n = 40) or CES pretreatment (CES group, n = 40). Anxiety scores, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, mean arterial pressure, and heart rate were measured in the general ward the evening before surgery, as well as in the preoperative holding area, operating room, and after intubation. Withdrawal responses to rocuronium injection were also measured.
resultsAnxiety scores in the operating room were significantly lower in the CES group. Withdrawal responses to rocuronium injection were also significantly lower in the CES group. There were no significant differences in hemodynamic values between the two groups.
conclusionsCES pretreatment reduces both preoperative anxiety levels and withdrawal responses to rocuronium injection. However, it does not have a significant effect on hemodynamic responses.
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