Local anaesthetic infiltration prior to arterial puncture for blood gas analysis: A survey of current practice and a randomised double blind placebo controlled trial

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 645-646

  Lightowler, J V J ^c   Elliott, M W ^a,b  

^a Killingbeck Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PUNCTURE; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PUNCTURES; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031415570     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Dar K, Williams T, Aitken R, Woods KL, Fletcher S. Arterial versus capillary sampling for analysing blood gas pressures. Br Med J 1995;10:24-5.