A Randomized clinical trial of lidocaine gel for reducing infant distress during urethral catheterization

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 439-443

  Mularoni, P Patrick ^a,b,c   Cohen, Lindsey L ^d   DeGuzman, Michael ^a   Mennuti Washburn, Jean ^d   Greenwald, Michael ^a,b   Simon, Harold K ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Infants; Lidocaine gel; Pain control

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LUBRICATING AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INSTILLATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIDOCAINE; LUBRICATION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 68849119698     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181ab7885     Document Type: Article

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