Topical lidocaine-prilocaine cream (EMLA) for thoracostomy tube removal

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1107-1108

  Valenzuela, Roberto C ^a,b   Rosen, David A ^a,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Prof Anesthesia Services Inc   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHEST TUBES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PRILOCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSTOMY;

EID: 0032902381     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199905000-00026     Document Type: Article

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