Is cocaine needed in topical anaesthesia?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 418-422

  Bush, Steve ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVANOR; BUPIVAPHEN; COCAINE; EMLA; ETIDONOR; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE PLUS NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRILONOR; PRILOPHEN; TETRACAINE; TETRALIDOPHEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; DATA BASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LACERATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN; REVIEW;

EID: 0036714239     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.5.418     Document Type: Review

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