Digital versus Local Anesthesia for Finger Lacerations: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1046-1050

  Chale, Stuart ^a   Singer, Adam J ^a   Marchini, Scott ^a   McBride, Mary Jo ^a   Kennedy, David ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

digital block; fingers; lacerations; lidocaine; local anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SUTURING METHOD; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33748803306     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.048     Document Type: Article

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