Acupuncture for Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Exclusion Criteria

• •Inability to obtain consent from patient or designee
• •Receiving immunosuppressive therapy
• •Receiving therapeutic anticoagulant therapy
• •History of bleeding disorder, INR \> 1.5, PTT \> 65, PLT \< 20K
• •Pregnancy
• •Three (3) or more inaccessible acupoints
• •Head injury with elevated intracranial pressure or requiring operation
• •Patients with midline abdominal incision
• •Non-english speaking
• •Receipt of dexmedetomidine prior to or during study period