Reducing venipuncture and intravenous insertion pain with eutectic mixture of local anesthetic: A meta-analysis

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-124

  Fetzer, Susan Jane ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Local anesthesia; Meta analysis; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIDOCAINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PRILOCAINE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036516461     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200203000-00008     Document Type: Article

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