Mitigation of pain during intravenous catheter placement using a topical skin coolant in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 257-261

  Hartstein, B H ^a   Barry, James D ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1,3,3 PENTAFLUOROPROPANE; ANALGESIC AGENT; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; NORFLURANE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CRYOANESTHESIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY DELAY; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CRYOANESTHESIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 43149118827     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.044776     Document Type: Article

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