Lidocaine as a diluent for administration of benzathine penicillin G

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 890-893

  Amir, Jacob ^a,c   Ginat, Sharon ^a   Cohen, Yishai Haimi ^a   Marcus, Tali Edlitz ^a   Keller, Natan ^b   Varsano, Itzhak ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benzathine penicillin; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; LIDOCAINE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION PAIN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; PENICILLINS; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

EID: 0031764929     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199810000-00008     Document Type: Article

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