title: [Clinical observation on acupuncture combined with medicine for treatment of infantile febrile convulsion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore an effective therapy for treatment of infantile febrile convulsion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy infants of febrile convulsion were randomly divided into two groups, a combined acupuncture and drug group (n = 36) were treated with Xingnao Kaiqiao needling method with Shuigou (GV 26) selected as main combined with intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam; and a drug group (n = 34) treated with simple intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam. Their therapeutic effects, the time of inducing the stopping convulsion, and the recurrence rate were investigated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate was 86.1% in the combined acupuncture and drug group, better than 79.4% in the drug group (P<0.05), and the time of inducing the stopping convulsion in the combined acupuncture and drug group was shorter than that in the drug group (P<0.01), and the recurrence rate in the combined group was lower than that in the drug group (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture combined with intramuscular injection of luminal and intravenous perfusion of diazepam is an effective and safe method for febrile convulsion.
authors.affiliation: Nankai District Huanghe Hospital, Tianjin 300110, China. yipingsongw@163.com
authors.forename: Yi-ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hong-mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yan-yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures; D003294:Seizures, Febrile