Does lidocaine gel alleviate the pain of bladder catheterization in young children? A randomized, controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 917-920

  Vaughan, Maureen ^a   Paton, Elizabeth A ^a   Bush, Andrew ^a   Pershad, Jay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder catheterization; FLACC; Lidocaine gel; Pain management

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LUBRICATING AGENT; PLACEBO; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; BLADDER; CATHETERIZATION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 33644701880     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0103     Document Type: Article

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