Minimising pain during intravenous cannulation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7692, 2009, Pages 422-

  Moore, Andrew ^a   Straube, Sebastian ^a   McQuay, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANALGESIA; CANNULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESICS; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PAIN;

EID: 61849108052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2993     Document Type: Editorial

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