The decision to use topical anesthetic for intravenous insertion in the pediatric emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-268

  Fein, Joel A ^a,b   Gorelick, Marc H ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; EMLA; Intravenous cannulation; Topical anesthetic

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE ANESTHETIST; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRIC WARD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PENNSYLVANIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 33644555273     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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