Topical anaesthetics for repair of dermal laceration

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Eidelman, Anthony ^a   Weiss, Jocelyn M ^b   Baldwin, Cristy L ^c   Enu, Ikay K ^d   Mcnicol, Ewan D ^e   Carr, Daniel B ^e  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; COCAINE; EPINEPHRINE; ETIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LACERATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAFETY; SKIN SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND CLOSURE; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; INJURY; META ANALYSIS; SKIN; SUTURE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; COCAINE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKIN; SUTURES;

EID: 80052041876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005364.pub2     Document Type: Review

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