Analgesic pretreatment for antibiotic skin test: vapocoolant spray vs ice cube

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-61

  Yoon, Woo Yong ^a   Chung, Sung Pil ^a   Lee, Hahn Shick ^a   Park, Yoo Seok ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CRYOANESTHESIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHYL CHLORIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36849075254     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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