Cephalic version by moxibustion for breech presentation

Coyle, Meaghan; Smith, Caroline; Peat, Brian

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd003928.pub3

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“…This reduction was less for countries with high national perinatal mortality rates [99]. Evidence exists in which moxibustion has no impact in reducing the need for ECV (RR 0.67 95% CI 0.34, 1.32) [100] but there is a need for well-designed RCTs to establish further evidence of the effectiveness of the intervention.…”

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confidence: 99%

Essential pre-pregnancy and pregnancy interventions for improved maternal, newborn and child health

et al. 2014

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The statistics related to pregnancy and its outcomes are staggering: annually, an estimated 250000-280000 women die during childbirth. Unfortunately, a large number of women receive little or no care during or before pregnancy. At a period of critical vulnerability, interventions can be effectively delivered to improve the health of women and their newborns and also to make their pregnancy safe. This paper reviews the interventions that are most effective during preconception and pregnancy period and synergistically improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. Among pre-pregnancy interventions, family planning and advocating pregnancies at appropriate intervals; prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections including HIV; and peri-conceptual folic-acid supplementation have shown significant impact on reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. During pregnancy, interventions including antenatal care visit model; iron and folic acid supplementation; tetanus Immunisation; prevention and management of malaria; prevention and management of HIV and PMTCT; calcium for hypertension; anti-Platelet agents (low dose aspirin) for prevention of Pre-eclampsia; anti-hypertensives for treating severe hypertension; management of pregnancy-induced hypertension/eclampsia; external cephalic version for breech presentation at term (>36 weeks); management of preterm, premature rupture of membranes; management of unintended pregnancy; and home visits for women and children across the continuum of care have shown maximum impact on reducing the burden of maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality. All of the interventions summarized in this paper have the potential to improve maternal mortality rates and also contribute to better health care practices during preconception and periconception period.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Essential pre-pregnancy and pregnancy interventions for improved maternal, newborn and child health

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“…Inhibition of the overproduction of nitric oxide and its relative neurotoxic effect may be one of the underlying Some evidence suggests that the use of moxibustion at BL67 may reduce the need for oxytocin. When combined with acupuncture, moxibustion may result in fewer births by cesarean section; when combined with postural management techniques, it may reduce the number of noncephalic presentations at birth [31].…”

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Efficacy of Stimulation at the Jing-Well Points of Meridians

Tseng¹,

Chao²,

Hung³

et al. 2015

Int J Nurs Clin Pract

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Objective: To investigate the efficacy of stimulation at the Jing-Well points of meridians in advanced clinical practice. Methods: Articles including English or Chinese keywords on the Jing-Well points of meridians published between 2001 and August 2012 were sourced from the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases. On the basis of these reports, we explored the modern applications, mechanisms, and efficacy of the Jing-Well points. Results: Thirty-five related studies, published mainly in Chinese, were identified. Evidence was found to support the use of Jing-Well point stimulation in the treatment of stroke, persistent vegetative status, severe head injury, vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease, upper respiratory infection, bronchial asthma, hysterical aphonia, postpartum lactation insufficiency, fetal malpresentation, dysmenorrhea, acne, sudden deafness, sleeping disorders, and post-chemotherapy nausea and vomiting. Conclusion: Diseases associated with the 12 meridians and meridional dermomeres (十二皮部) can be treated by stimulating the related Jing-Well points. Stimulation of all the Jing-Well points can activate and restore function in the damaged brain. Rigorous high-quality trials are needed to improve the level of evidence on their effectiveness and safety.

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“…The results suggest that moxibustion may be effective to reduce the external cephalic version need and caused a reduction in the use of oxytocin. However, some additional evidence is needed to confirm (or to reject) a benefit with respect to the breech presentation correction (Coyle et al, 2005;Hutton & Hofmeyr, 2006).…”

Section: Ecv: Alternativesmentioning

confidence: 99%