No more tears: A randomized controlled double-blind trial of Amethocaine gel vs. placebo in the management of procedural pain in neonates

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 475-482

  Moore, Judith ^a,b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b City Hospital NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amethocaine; Assessment double blind study; Cannulation; Local anaesthetics; Neonate; Pain

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; TETRACAINE;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GELS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRACAINE;

EID: 0035344121     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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