Dorsal penile nerve block vs topical placebo for circumcision in low- birth-weight neonates

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 476-480

  Holliday, Michael A ^a,b,c   Pinckert, Thomas L ^a,d   Kiernan, Sharon C ^a,e   Kunos, Ildiko ^a   Angelus, Pam ^a   Keszler, Martin ^a,f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^c INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of Perinatology Department of Obstetrics Gynecology Shady Grove Hospital   (United States)

^e HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OXYGEN SATURATION; PENIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032898605     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.5.476     Document Type: Article

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