Nebulized or sprayed lidocaine as anesthesia for nasogastric intubations

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 406-408

  Spektor, Mark ^a   Kaplan, Justin ^a   Kelley, John ^a   Wheary, John ^a   Dalsey, William ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Lidocaine; Nasogastric tubes; Nebulized; Pain

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; NEBULIZATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INTUBATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIDOCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034030917     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02251.x     Document Type: Article

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