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Cole E. Avoiding Medical Induction With Electrostimulation Acupuncture: A Private Practice Case Series of 8 Pregnant Women. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2017;16(6):32-34
Cole, E. (2017). Avoiding Medical Induction With Electrostimulation Acupuncture: A Private Practice Case Series of 8 Pregnant Women. Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.), 16(6), 32-34.
Cole, Elizabeth. "Avoiding Medical Induction With Electrostimulation Acupuncture: A Private Practice Case Series of 8 Pregnant Women." Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) vol. 16,6 (2017): 32-34.
Cole E. Avoiding Medical Induction With Electrostimulation Acupuncture: A Private Practice Case Series of 8 Pregnant Women. Integr Med (Encinitas). 2017 Dec;16(6):32-34. PMID: 30936814; PMCID: PMC6438083.
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Integr Med (Encinitas). 2017 Dec;16(6):32-34.

Avoiding Medical Induction With Electrostimulation Acupuncture: A Private Practice Case Series of 8 Pregnant Women.

Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.)

Elizabeth Cole

PMID: 30936814 PMCID: PMC6438083

Abstract

Eight pregnant women and their private practice obstetricians sought acupuncture as an alternative to the risks of medical induction. This retrospective case series attempts to show that electroacupuncture-induced labor is a low-risk and feasible approach to getting labor started for women who may be at term or just past their due date and want to avoid medical induction. All 8 women went into labor following acupuncture treatments, suggesting feasibility for electrostimulation acupuncture as a method to induce labor within 24 h or less of 1 treatment.

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