EMLA cream and nitrous oxide to alleviate pain induced by palivizumab (synagis) intramuscular injections in infants and young children

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Carbajal, Ricardo ^a,c   Biran, Valérie ^a   Lenclen, Richard ^b   Epaud, Ralph ^c   Cimerman, Patricia ^a   Thibault, Pascale ^a   Annequin, Daniel ^a   Gold, Francis ^a   Fauroux, Brigitte ^c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^c ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Children; EMLA; Immunizations; Infants; Injections; Intramuscular; Nitrous oxide; Pain; Palivizumab; Procedures

Indexed keywords

EMLA; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PALIVIZUMAB; PLACEBO; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRILOCAINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCAL SKIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED BEHAVIORAL PAIN SCALE; MONOTHERAPY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OINTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; OINTMENTS; PAIN; PRILOCAINE;

EID: 48949084938     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3104     Document Type: Article

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