A new method to reduce pin-prick pain of intra-muscular and subcutaneous injections;Un nuovo metodo per ridurre il dolore da iniezioni intramuscolari e sottocutanee

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 609-615

  Romano C L ^a   Cecca, E ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GAETANO PINI   (Italy)

^b SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intramuscular injection; Needle; Pin prick pain; Subcutaneous injection

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ENOXAPARIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INJECTION SITE; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; PAIN;

EID: 28244464369     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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