A double-blind randomised controlled trial assessing the efficacy of topical lidocaine in extended flexible endoscopic nasal examinations

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-557

  Bonaparte, J P ^a   Javidnia, H ^a   Kilty, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LIDODAN; LISTERINE; MOUTHWASH; NOSE SPRAY; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; NOSE CAVITY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL SPRAYS; NOSE DISEASES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855184108     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2011.02403.x     Document Type: Article

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