Cost-effectiveness analysis of anesthetic agents during peripheral intravenous cannulation in the pediatric emergency department

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 952-961

  Pershad, Jay ^a   Steinberg, Stephanie C ^b   Waters, Teresa M ^b  

^a LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; INJECTIONS, JET; IONTOPHORESIS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53849111557     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.10.952     Document Type: Article

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