Data Sheet 1_Adjunctive acupuncture for sepsis-associated acute gastrointestinal injury: a

Xuemin Zhang's systematic review and meta-analysis, published on figshare in 2026, synthesizes evidence from 20 studies (n=1,502 patients) published between 2013 and 2025. The work evaluates adjunctive acupuncture for sepsis-associated acute gastrointestinal injury, comparing it to standard care and different acupuncture modalities. It includes an exploratory Bayesian network meta-analysis and is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42024530297).

Use Cases

• Conducting secondary analysis on the efficacy of adjunctive therapies for sepsis based on the aggregated study results.
• Comparing treatment modalities (electroacupuncture vs. manual acupuncture) using the exploratory network meta-analysis framework.
• Investigating the relationship between inflammatory biomarkers and gastrointestinal function in critically ill patients based on the reviewed outcomes.
• Assessing methodological quality and heterogeneity in clinical trials for integrative medicine interventions.

Strengths

• Includes data from 20 studies with a total of 1,502 patients, providing a substantive evidence base.
• Follows PRISMA guidelines and includes risk-of-bias assessment using Cochrane RoB 2 and ROBINS-I V2 tools.
• Performs multiple analytical methods including fixed/random-effects meta-analysis and an exploratory Bayesian network meta-analysis.

Limitations

• The primary data file is a 1.1 MB DOCX document; the underlying structured dataset (e.g., effect sizes, study characteristics) is not separately available in a machine-readable format.
• Substantial heterogeneity was reported for some inflammatory biomarkers, as noted in the results.
• The description does not specify column-level details, making direct computational reuse difficult without manual extraction.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Xuemin Zhang.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 randomized controlled trials and one retrospective cohort study.

Time Range

Studies published between 2013 and 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22.