A comparison of a needle-free injection system for local anesthesia versus EMLA® for intravenous catheter insertion in the pediatric patient

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 411-414

  Jimenez, Nathalia ^a,b   Bradford, Heidi ^a   Seidel, Kristy D ^a   Sousa, Manuela ^a   Lynn, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; POLYURETHAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NEEDLE FREE INJECTION SYSTEM; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYRINGE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 31444456453     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000194293.10549.62     Document Type: Article

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