Rapid local anesthesia in humans using minimally invasive microneedles

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Gupta, Jyoti ^a   Denson, Donald D ^b   Felner, Eric I ^a,b   Prausnitz, Mark R ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

intradermal injection; lidocaine; microneedle; pain; topical anesthesia

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPODERMIC NEEDLE; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN REDNESS; URTICARIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MICROINJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84855852867     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318225dbe9     Document Type: Article

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