Pretreatment of lacerations with lidocaine, epinephrine, and tetracaine at triage: A randomized double-blind trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 751-756

  Singer, Adam J ^a,b   Stark, Mary Jo ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

And epinephrine; Lacerations; Lidocaine; Local anesthesia; Tetracaine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; TETRACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; LACERATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0033949466     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02262.x     Document Type: Article

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