title: Acupuncture in the relief of respiratory arrest.
abstract: The claim the acupuncture point Jen Chung can be use to stimulate respiration was tested in live anaesthetised sheep, to determine if acupuncture was more effective than a more general nociceptive stimulus in reversing respiratory arrest. Needling this point proved significantly more effective (P<0.05) than needling the tibial nerve in stimulating breathing after respiratory arrest due to halothane. This technique may provide a useful method of reversing respiratory arrest under clinical conditions.
authors: Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Massey University, Palmerston North.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Davies
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Janse
authors: G W
authors: GW
authors: Reynolds