Nebulized lidocaine decreases the discomfort of nasogastric tube insertion: A randomized, double-blind trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-137

  Cullen, Louise ^a   Taylor, David ^a   Taylor, Simone ^a   Chu, Kevin ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEBULIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 3242805878     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.03.033     Document Type: Article

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