The effect of warming local anaesthetic on the pain of injection during sub-Tenon's anaesthesia for cataract surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 276-278

  Allen, M J ^a,b   Bunce, C ^a   Presland, A H ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCORING SYSTEM; WARMING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 39149121433     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05351.x     Document Type: Article

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