Title :
The role of autonomic nerve in sepsis and certain possible acupuncture therapy
Author :
Chen, Q.F. ; Ma, Hui ; Hu, Y.N. ; Guo, L.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of ICU, Guangdong Provincial Hosp. of TCM, Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
Sepsis is a serious disease, affecting human´s life. Till to now, researches on the role of autonomic nerve sepsis are very few. this article discusses the role of autonomic nerve, especially the vagus nerve in sepsis, together with some research of acupuncture therapy on autonomic nervous, and present the opinion that: through regulating the autonomic nerve, the acupuncture therapy can effect our neuroendocrine network, and have a treatment effect of sepsis.
Keywords :
diseases; neurophysiology; patient treatment; acupuncture therapy; autonomic nerve; disease; sepsis; vagus nerve; Biomedical imaging; Diseases; Heart rate variability; Hospitals; Immune system; Stress; Sepsis; acupuncture therapy; autonomic nerve;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Belfast
DOI :
10.1109/BIBM.2014.6999345