Commentary: Amethocaine gel reduced pain during venipuncture in newborn infants

Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 73-

  Ballantyne, Marilyn ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 2942697090     PISSN: 13676539     EISSN: 14689618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebn.4.3.73     Document Type: Note

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3. Bishai R, Taddio A, Bar-Oz B, et al. Relative efficacy of amethocaine gel and lidocaine-prilocaine cream for port-a-cath puncture in children. Pediatrics 1999;104:e31.