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KMID : 0608520070130030079
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Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
2007 Volume.13 No. 3 p.79 ~ p.85
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Review of Adverse Events in Acupuncture Treatment
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Park Ji-Eun
Choi jun-yong
Jung So-Young
Koo Chang-Mo
Jung Hee-Jung
Choi Sun-Mi
Oh Dal-Seok
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Abstract
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Objective : To investigate documented surveys about adverse events of acupuncture therapy.
Methods : We searched Medline with the terms of ’acupuncture/adverse event(s)’, ’acupuncture/side effect(s)’ and ’CAM/adverse event(s)’ using Pubmed and set the limits to human study.
Results : There were 5 prospective studies, 3 reviews and 3 surveys in our searching. There were 3 reports about acupuncture related adverse events in UK ranging from 10.7% to 15% of which the rate of significant events were from 0.13% to 0.14%. In Germany, there were 11% of acupuncture related adverse events in one report and 7.5%(significant events were 45 in 190.924 patients) in another report. In Australia, one study reported that every adverse event associated with acupuncture occurred in 8-9 month per one practitioner. In Japan. 0.14% of acupuncture related adverse events in 48 practitioners were reported in one systemic review. A cumulative review about significant adverse events associated with acupuncture reported 715 adverse events of which most frequent accidents were pneumothorax and central nervous system injury.
Conclusion : The risk of adverse event associated with acupuncture is far lower than that associated with other general medical interventions. However, some safety guidelines about the acupuncture performance are needed.
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KEYWORD
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acupuncture, adverse events
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