Effect of Acupuncture on Hemodynamics and Pain of Post Craniotomy Patients With Mechanical Ventilation

Acupuncture is performed for 3 consecutive days, using filiform needles in the chest, hands, feet area with 20 minutes retention during therapy and using press needle on the forehead which are retained for 3 days and after 3 days the stick needles will be removed. And patient continue to receive standard therapy in accordance with the clinical practice guidelines of the ICU Tangerang Hospital

Pharmacological therapy provided by the doctor in charge of anesthesia science patients to the research subjects was in accordance with existing clinical practice guidelines. In the ICU of Tangerang Hospital, the standard therapy given to post-craniotomy patients with mechanical ventilation is analgesic and sedation. This standard therapy is also given according to the patient's clinical condition