Transdermal diclofenac patch vs eutectic mixture of local anesthetics for venous cannulation pain

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-200

  Agarwal, Anil ^a   Gautam, Sujeet ^a   Gupta, Devendra ^a   Singh, Uttam ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC DIETHYLAMINE; EMLA; NUPATCH 100; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; APPLICATION SITE EDEMA; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 34249104866     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022640     Document Type: Article

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