Acupuncture Therapy Combined With Breathing Training for Patients With Stroke Complicated

Acupuncture Therapy Combined With Breathing Training for Patients With Stroke Complicated With Pulmonary Infection: A Clinical Study

The goal of this prospective randomized controlled study is to explore the clinical efficacy of acupuncture therapy combined with breathing training in patients with stroke complicated with pulmonary infection. The intervention group and control group were treated with conventional drug therapy, rehabilitation therapy and breathing training for 2 consecutive weeks. On this basis, the intervention group additionally received acupuncture therapy. To evaluate the clinical efficacy of both groups.

To explore the clinical efficacy of acupuncture therapy combined with breathing training in patients with stroke complicated with pulmonary infection. Using a prospective randomized controlled study, 72 patients with pulmonary infection after stroke admitted to our hospital from May 2020 to May 2021 were randomly divided into the intervention group and control group, with 36 patients in each group. Both groups were treated with conventional drug therapy, rehabilitation therapy and breathing training for 2 consecutive weeks. On this basis, the intervention group additionally received acupuncture therapy. The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score and clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) before and after treatment, time of fever relieving, time for the disappearance of cough, expectoration and moist rales in the lung, white blood cell count (WBC), serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level, calcitonin (PCT) level and pulmonary indexes were compared between the 2 groups, respectively, to evaluate clinical efficacy.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Meeting the diagnostic criteria of Western medicine for stroke complicated with pneumonia
• conforming to the TCM syndrome of vital qi deficiency and phlegm-heat obstructing the lung
• confirmed as the initial onset of stroke through CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• clear consciousness, no cognitive impairment, and ability to cooperate with pulmonary function assessment and rehabilitation training
• willingness to participate in this study and sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with systemic multi-organ failure such as the heart, brain, kidney, etc
• patients with a coronary metal stent or pacemaker implantation
• patients with malignant tumors
• patients with severe cognitive impairment, depression or mental disorders
• patients with pulmonary infections before stroke or caused by other causes
• patients in the acute phase of infection