Research Article

Cardioprotection of Electroacupuncture for Enhanced Recovery after Surgery on Patients Undergoing Heart Valve Replacement with Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Control Clinical Trial

Table 3

Postoperation data of study population.

  Control groupEA group value
()()

Time to extubation, min0.045
ICU LOS, hoursNS
First flatus time, hours0.000
First out of bed activity, hours0.026
Occurrence of PONV (%)35100.000
Rate of rescue (%)3525NS
Occurrence of (%)1550.032
Occurrence of (%)50150.000
Postop hospital LOS, day0.018

assessment was in the first three days after operation; LOS = length of stay; NS = no significant.