A comparison of Rapydan ® patch and Ametop ® gel for venous cannulation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 367-370

  Ravishankar, N ^a   Elliot, S C ^b   Beardow, Z ^b   Mallick, A ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; RAPYDAN; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VENOUS CANNULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; GELS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TETRACAINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858335258     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.07000.x     Document Type: Review

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