Cutaneous tape stripping to accelerate the anesthetic effects of EMLA cream: A randomized, controlled trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1051-1056

  Singer, Adam J ^a,b   Shallat, John ^a   Valentine, Sharon M ^a   Doyle, Linda ^a   Sayage, Valerie ^a   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cutaneous tape stripping; Drug delivery; Permeability; Stratum corneum; Tape stripping

Indexed keywords

EMLA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PENETRATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0031769054     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02661.x     Document Type: Article

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