Warm Steaming Enhances the Topical Anesthetic Effect of Lidocaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 982-985

  Arai, Young Chang P ^a,b   Ueda, Wasa ^b  

^a Kochi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; NEEDLE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 1642543379     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000108965.00345.86     Document Type: Article

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