Topical anesthetics for dermal instrumentation: A systematic review of randomized, controlled trials

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-351

  Eidelman, Anthony ^a   Weiss, Jocelyn M ^b   Lau, Joseph ^c   Carr, Daniel B ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; BUPIVACAINE; BUTYLCAINE; CINCHOCAINE; EMLA; ETIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LIPOSOME; LMX 4; MEPIVACAINE; PRAMOCAINE; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DERMIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 25444475497     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.01.028     Document Type: Article

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