Subcutaneous buffered lidocaine for intravenous cannulation: Is there a role in emergency medicine?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1057-1063

  Burgher, Stephen W ^a   Mcguirk, Timothy D ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Catheterization; Local lidocaine; Peripheral

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ALCOHOL; BUFFER; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031738482     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02662.x     Document Type: Article

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