(n.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
Example Sentences:
(1) Upon reviewing the professional literature, a paucity of information on acupressure was discovered.
(2) In addition, acupressure manifested biphasic regulatory effects on sinus arrythmia.
(3) Using a single subject experimental design, six hospice patients were exposed to three conditions: An acupressure wrist band; A placebo wrist band; A no wrist band condition.
(4) The effectiveness of the "Sea Band" acupressure band compared with placebo and hyoscine (0.6 mg), also known as scopolamine, to increase tolerance to a laboratory nauseogenic cross-coupled motion challenge was assessed using 18 subjects.
(5) Auto-acupressure replaced outpatient prescriptions for analgesics, ergotamine preparations, steroids, propanolol or methysgeride.
(6) Having seen pregnant women pressing the P6 point as a preventative for morning sickness, stimulation of this point for 5-10 minutes by invasive (manual or electrical acupuncture) or non-invasive (transcutaneous electrical stimulation or acupressure) means was studied as an antiemetic.
(7) This article uses acupuncture theory and research to provide a theoretical basis for the use and study of acupressure.
(8) Injection therapy was of four different types: lidocaine, lidocaine combined with a steroid, acupuncture, and vapocoolant spray with acupressure.
(9) Use of acupressure resulted in a significantly lower frequency of morning sickness compared with placebo treatment.
(10) Subjects in Group 1 (N = 8) used acupressure wristbands for five days, followed by five days without therapy.
(11) While acupressure reduces morning sickness, the pressure has to be applied for 5 minutes every 2 hours.
(12) This effect can be prolonged for 24 hours by acupressure.
(13) During a 12-day period, organized in four steps of 3 days each, the women were divided into two homogeneous groups to test the effectiveness of unilateral and bilateral acupressure.
(14) More than a 60% positive effect was found with unilateral and bilateral acupressure, compared with an approximately 30% positive effect of placebo acupressure.
(15) There were two independent variables with two levels each: acupressure vs. placebo, and motion sickness high vs. low susceptible subjects.
(16) Blinded by a fever in infancy, Chen attended the Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to study acupressure, one of the few occupations available to blind people in China .
(17) This study assessed the effects of acupressure wrist bands on the nausea and vomiting of terminally ill patients.
(18) Sixty-six patients, ages 3-12 yr, undergoing outpatient surgery for correction of strabismus, were allocated randomly to receive either bilateral P6 acupressure or placebo during the perioperative period.
(19) The resuscitation effect is based not only on strictly determined points but also on diffusive irritation of respective point and its surroundings by acupressure.
(20) The curative effect of acupressure on essential vascular hypertension was good.
Technique
Definition:
(n.) Same as Technic, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
(2) The technique is facilitated by an amazingly low tendency to bleeding.
(3) Renal micropuncture and microdissection techniques with ultramicro fluid analysis have been applied to evaluate single nephron function in the skate, Raja erinacea.
(4) Use of the improved operative technique contributed to reduction in number of complications.
(5) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(6) Multiple overlapping thin 3D slab acquisition is presented as a magnitude contrast (time of flight) technique which combines advantages from multiple thin slice 2D and direct 3D volume acquisitions to obtain high-resolution cross-sectional images of vessel detail.
(7) ASF-II was purified to apparent homogeneity by using concanavalin A-agarose affinity chromatography, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, alumina gel adsorption, and isoelectric focussing techniques.
(8) When the data correlating DHT with protein synthesis using both labelling techniques were combined, the curves were parallel and a strong correlation was noted between DHT and protein synthesis over a wide range of values (P less than 0.001).
(9) In choosing between various scanning techniques the factors to be considered include availability, cost, the type of equipment, the expertise of the medical and technical staff, and the inherent capabilities of the system.
(10) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
(11) The strengths and weaknesses of each technique are described in this article.
(12) While stereology is the principal technique, particularly in its application to the parenchyma, other compartments such as the airways and vasculature demand modifications or different methods altogether.
(13) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
(14) The stopped-flow technique was used to measure the rate constants for the reactions between the oxidized forms of peroxidase with luminol and the following substrates: p-iodophenol, p-bromophenol, p-clorophenol, o-iodophenol, m-iodophenol, luciferin, and 2-iodo-6-hydroxybenzothiazole.
(15) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential for integrating surveillance techniques in reproductive epidemiology with geographic information system technology in order to identify populations at risk around hazardous waste sites.
(16) Here, we review the nature of the heart sound signal and the various signal-processing techniques that have been applied to PCG analysis.
(17) Chromatography and immunoassays are the two principal techniques used in research and clinical laboratories for the measurement of drug concentrations in biological fluids.
(18) Six of the patients were operated using the McIndoe and Bannister technique while on the other two the Tobin and Day technique was used.
(19) A review is presented concerning the development of new neuroimaging techniques in the last decade which have improved the diagnostic exploration of patients with spinal cord injuries, including studies of possible sequelae.
(20) How useful is the technique for evaluating therapeutic efficacy?