Efficacy and safety of lidocaine-prilocaine cream for pain during circumcision

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1197-1201

  Taddio, Anna ^a,b   Stevens, Bonnie ^a,b   Craig, Kenneth ^d   Rastogi, Pratap ^e   Ben David, Shlomit ^a   Shennan, Andrew ^e   Mulligan, Peggy ^e   Koren, Gideon ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLANILINE; EMLA; METHEMOGLOBIN;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030995915     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199704243361701     Document Type: Article

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