Evaluating patient discomfort, anxiety, and fear before and after ranibizumab intravitreous injection for wet age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 939-940

  Chua, Paul Yih Seng ^a   Mitrut, Izabela ^b   Armbrecht, Ana Marie ^b   Vani, Archana ^b   Aslam, Tariq ^b   Dhillon, Baljean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; POVIDONE IODINE; RANIBIZUMAB; TETRACAINE;

AGED; ANXIETY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; INJECTION SITE PAIN; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANXIETY; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 67650446559     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.139     Document Type: Letter

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