Pediatric Terms and Acupuncture in Medline

소아(小兒) 침구(鍼灸)의 연구(硏究) 동향에 대한 문헌적 고찰(考察)(Pubmed 검색(檢索)을 중심(中心)으로)

Objective : In order to review the studies related to the treatment of children by aupuncture or mo ibustion Methods : We referred to a Pubmed site by using searching word of "the terms of pediatrics(for e ample child children infant baby pediatrics etc and acupuncture" Results : 40 journals with 63 papers were searched 50 papers were reported Conclusion : 1 We found 63 articles in 40 journals which were Pediatrics J Tradit chin Med Am Fam Physician Anaesthesia linical research was the most of these studies and the pattern of the rest were review or clinical conferences 3 We analy ed articles and found many articles of nocturnal enuresis asthma bronchitis postoperative vomitting constipation etc 4 The result of clinical studies represented the significant cure rate owever the cases of sensorineural hearing loss vomitting after tonsillectomy e ercise induced asthma were not 5 It was ta en to research for laser acupressure bloodletting ear acupuncture etc as well as body acupuncture in the area of pediatric acupuncture treatment as alternative therapy which was composed of the lower stimulation than adult.