41267 Acupuncture Point Stimulation Treatments as Adjuvant Therapy of Uremic Pruritus: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis

Background Uremic pruritus is a common complication of chronic renal disease that causes sleep disturbances and increases all-cause mortality. Currently, the first-line medications for uremic pruritus exhibit inadequate pruritus control with adverse effects. Various acupuncture point stimulation treatments have been proven effective as adjuvant therapies in uremic pruritus and network meta-analysis can offer relative efficacy estimates for treatments that lack head-to-head studies. Methods We conducted a random effect network meta-analysis on a consistency model to compare the different acupuncture point stimulation treatments of uremic pruritus.