Acupressure and quality of recovery after surgery

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Argyro Fassoulaki. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;37(5):418-419.

doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001172.

¹ From the Department of Anaesthesiology, Aretaieio University Hospital, Athens, Greece (AF).

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Noll E, Shodhan S, Romeiser J, Bennett-Guerrero E. Noll E, et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2020 May;37(5):419-420. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001171. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2020. PMID: 32265399 No abstract available.

Efficacy of acupressure on quality of recovery after surgery: Randomised controlled trial.
Noll E, Shodhan S, Romeiser JL, Madariaga MC, Page C, Santangelo D, Guo X, Pryor AD, Gan TJ, Bennett-Guerrero E. Noll E, et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2019 Aug;36(8):557-565. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001001. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2019. PMID: 30985537 Clinical Trial.

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