Warmed versus Room Temperature Saline for Laceration Irrigation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 436-439

  Ernst, Amy A ^a   Gershoff, Leslie ^a   Miller, Penny ^a   Tilden, Elizabeth ^a   Weiss, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Laceration; Patient comfort; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACERATION; LAVAGE; MALE; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WARMING; WOUND CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0042968892     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000056657.63336.6C     Document Type: Article

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