Use of the synera™ patch for local anesthesia before vascular access procedures: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 497-502

  Curry, Saundra E ^a   Finkel, Julia C ^b,c  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat Facilitated Drug Delivery System; Lidocaine; Tetracaine; Topical Analgesia; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE PLUS TETRACAINE; PLACEBO; SYNERA; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MIXTURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; VASCULAR ACCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEAT; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHLEBOTOMY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PLACEBOS; TETRACAINE;

EID: 34548292375     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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