Effectiveness of skin icing in reducing pain associated with goserelin acetate injection

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 472-475

  Kinoshita, Hidefumi ^a   Kawa, Gen ^a   Hiura, Yoshihito ^a   Chizaki, Ryusuke ^a   Matsuda, Tadashi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Goserelin acetate; Injection pain; Skin icing

Indexed keywords

GOSERELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ICING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLD TEMPERATURE; GOSERELIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78149357620     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-010-0095-0     Document Type: Article

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