Piroxicam gel, compared to EMLA cream is associated with less pain after venous cannulation in volunteers

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 775-778

  Dutta, Amitabh ^a   Puri, Goverdhan Dutt ^a   Wig, Jyotsna ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; PRILOCAINE; PROSTAGLANDIN INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GEL; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN EDEMA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0345688872     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03019372     Document Type: Article

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