Topical ibuprofen for skin analgesia prior to venepuncture

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 495-497

  Smith, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; topical; Anaesthetics, local; EMLA; Analgesics; ibuprofen

Indexed keywords

EMLA; IBUPROFEN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; PAIN; PHLEBOTOMY; PRILOCAINE;

EID: 0029878131     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07801.x     Document Type: Article

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