Topical lidocaine and oral acetaminophen provide similar analgesia for myringotomy and tube placement in children

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1111-1116

  Bhananker, Sanjay M ^a,b   Azavedo, Lawrence ^a   MacCormick, Johnna ^a   Splinter, William ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; HALOTHANE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL EASTERN ONTARIO PAIN SCALE; MYRINGOTOMY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECOVERY ROOM; SCORING SYSTEM; TINNITUS; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

EID: 33751028434     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022879     Document Type: Article

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