Can acupuncture be safely used in a pediatric oncology patient with severe thrombocytopenia or neutropenia?
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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · Phoenix Childrens Medical Group
I would allow acupuncture in patients with platelets >30 uL and ANC >250. There is very little published information about whether acupuncture is safe in patients with neutropenia or thrombocytopenia. Adult studies suggest that acupuncture is safe with platelets of <50/uL (Cybularz et al., PMID 2640...