EMLA patch for spinal puncture. A comparison of EMLA patch with lignocaine infiltration and placebo patch

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1218-1222

  Koscielniak Nielsen, Z ^a,b   Hesselbjerg, L ^a   Brushoj J ^a   Jensen, M Britt ^a   Pedersen, H Stens ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospital AN 4132 ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional; spinal, topical; Anaesthetics; local; EMLA cream; Pain; lumbar puncture

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRILOCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0031784381     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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