Effect of eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA) for pain relief during suprapubic aspiration in young infants: A randomized, controlled trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 756-759

  Nahum, Yoav ^a,b   Tenenbaum, Ariel ^a   Isaiah, Wexler ^a   Levy Khademi, Floris ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

EMLA; Infants; Neonates; Pain; Suprapubic aspiration

Indexed keywords

EMLA; PLACEBO; ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PRILOCAINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION; URINE CULTURE; CYSTOSTOMY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CYSTOSTOMY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRILOCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39049157447     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318153497c     Document Type: Article

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