Clinical efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of sepsis with acute renal injury

Objective To explore the clinical effect of acupuncture on acute renal injury of sepsis. Methods From January 2015 to May 2017, adult patients with sepsis who received ≥ 7 days of treatment were collected from the Central Hospital of Zhuzhou. The participants were randomly divided into the control group (n=35) and the treatment group (n=37), and the control group was given routine treatment according to the sepsis guidelines. On the basis of control group, the treatment group was given acupuncture treatment, acupoints Shenshu and Sanyinjiao, Taixi, Zusanli. The clinical effects of the two groups of patients were compared. Results The levels of cystatin C, blood urea nitrogen and creatinine in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P 0.05), while the frequency and time of blood purification treatment in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P 0.05). Conclusions Acupuncture of Shenshu, Sanyinjiao, Taixi, Zusanli can improve sepsis patients with acute kidney injury in renal function. Key words: Sepsis/CO/ZL; Kidney failure, acute/CO/ZL; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS△