Efficacy of combination intravenous lidocaine and dexamethasone on propofol injection pain: A randomized, double-blind, prospective study in adult korean surgical patients

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1113-1119

  Kwak, Kyung Hwa ^a   Ha, Jaehyun ^a   Kim, Youngsoo ^a   Jeon, Younghoon ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dexamethasone; intravenous anesthetics; lidocaine; pain; propofol; venous occlusion

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH KOREA; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KOREA; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47149087760     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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