Regional variations in skin perfusion and skin thickness may contribute to varying efficacy of topical, local anaesthetics in neonates

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-110

  Larsson, Björn A ^a   Norman, Mikael ^b   Bjerring, Peter ^c   Egekvist, Henrik ^c   Lagercrantz, Hugo ^d   Olsson, Gunnar L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: topical; Neonates: skin; Perfusion; Thickness

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG COMBINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HAND; HEEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEWBORN; OINTMENT; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HAND; HEEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIDOCAINE; MALE; OINTMENTS; PAIN; PRILOCAINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN;

EID: 0029692008     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1996.tb00370.x     Document Type: Article

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