Topical amethocaine gel 4% for intramuscular injection in term neonates: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-174

  Shah, Vibhuti S ^a,b   Taddio, Anna ^b,c   Hancock, Rebecca ^c   Shah, Prakeshkumar ^a,b   Ohlsson, Arne ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infant; Newborn; Pain; Topical anesthesia.

Indexed keywords

PHYTOMENADIONE; PLACEBO; TETRACAINE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; APPLICATION SITE BLANCHING; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE REACTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSE; PARENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VIDEORECORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRYING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GELS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; NEONATAL NURSING; ONTARIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TETRACAINE; VITAMIN K; VITAMINS;

EID: 45349095328     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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