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We evaluated the depths to which acupuncture needles can be inserted safely in chest acupoints in pediatric patients and the variations in safe depth according to sex, age, body weight, and body mass index (BMI).<jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. We retrospectively studied computed tomography (CT) images of pediatric patients aged 4 to 18 years who had undergone chest CT at China Medical University Hospital from December 2004 to May 2013. The safe depth of chest acupoints was directly measured from the CT images. The relationships between the safe depth of these acupoints and sex, age, body weight, and BMI were analyzed.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. The results demonstrated significant differences in depth among boys and girls at KI25 (kidney meridian), ST16 (stomach meridian), ST18, SP17 (spleen meridian), SP19, SP20, PC1 (pericardium meridian), LU2 (lung meridian), and GB22 (gallbladder meridian). Safe depth significantly differed among the age groups<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mrow><mml:mfenced separators=\"|\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mo>0.<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mfenced><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>, weight groups<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mrow><mml:mfenced separators=\"|\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mo>0.<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>05<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mfenced><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>, and BMI groups<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mrow><mml:mfenced separators=\"|\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mo>0.<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>05<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:mfenced><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>.<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. Physicians should focus on large variations in needle depth during acupuncture for achieving optimal therapeutic effect and preventing complications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2015\/126028","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,9,20]],"date-time":"2015-09-20T21:01:47Z","timestamp":1442782907000},"page":"1-7","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The Depths from Skin to the Major Organs at Chest Acupoints of Pediatric Patients"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2015","author":[{"given":"Yi-Chun","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan"},{"name":"Tai-An Hospital, Taichung 40402, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ching-Tien","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital of China Medical University, Taichung 40402, 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