Contribution of a heating element to topical anesthesia patch efficacy prior to vascular access: Results from two randomized, double-blind studies

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 510-519

  Masud, Salman ^a,b   Wasnich, Richard D ^c   Ruckle, Jon L ^d   Garland, William T ^e   Halpern, Stephen W ^f   Mee Lee, Denis ^g   Ashburn, Michael A ^h   Campbell, John C ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d PharmaNet Inc ^*  (United States)

^e PharmaNet Inc   (United States)

^f RADIANT RESEARCH   (United States)

^g Cancer Research Center of Hawaii   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ Endo Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics local; anesthetics local; cannulation; drug delivery; lidocaine; pain; temperature; tetracaine

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASTE DISORDER; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VASCULAR ACCESS; WARMING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957820290     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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