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AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA

The Use of Auricular Acupuncture to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety

Shu-Ming Wang, MD^*, Carol Peloquin, MD^*, and Zeev N. Kain, MD^*

Departments of *Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Child Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Shu-Ming Wang, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208051, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06521. Address e-mail to shu-ming.wang{at}yale.edu

IMPLICATIONS:Ear acupuncture can decrease preoperative anxiety in adults undergoingoutpatient surgery.

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