Buffering the pain of local anaesthetics: A systematic review

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Davies, Robert John ^a  

^a Tweed Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alkalinization; Buffering; Lignocaine and bupivacaine; Local anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; BUFFER; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; PAIN; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 0037296680     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00413.x     Document Type: Review

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