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| Title |
Essential Oils for Complementary Treatment of Surgical Patients: State of the Art
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM), February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1155/2014/726341 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Susanna Stea, Alina Beraudi, Dalila De Pasquale |
| Abstract |
Aromatherapy is the controlled use of plant essences for therapeutic purposes. Its applications are numerous (i.e., wellbeing, labour, infections, dementia, and anxiety treatment) but often they have not been scientifically validated. The aim of the present study is to review the available literature to determine if there is evidence for effectiveness of aromatherapy in surgical patients to treat anxiety and insomnia, to control pain and nausea, and to dress wound. Efficacy studies of lavender or orange and peppermint essential oils, to treat anxiety and nausea, respectively, have shown positive results. For other aspects, such as pain control, essential oils therapy has shown uncertain results. Finally, there are encouraging data for the treatment of infections, especially for tea tree oil, although current results are still inconclusive. It should also be considered that although they are, allergic reactions and toxicity can occur after oral ingestion. Therefore, while rigorous studies are being carried out, it is important that the therapeutic use of essential oils be performed in compliance with clinical safety standards. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 25% |
| Italy | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 69% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 242 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 237 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 42 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 12% |
| Researcher | 18 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 34 | 14% |
| Unknown | 90 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 39 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 44 | 18% |
| Unknown | 95 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 64. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 August 2023.
All research outputs
#663,482
of 25,394,764 outputs
Outputs from Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
#199
of 9,352 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,124
of 237,625 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Evidence-based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (eCAM)
#5
of 179 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,394,764 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 9,352 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.8. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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