Cryotherapeutic topical analgesics for pediatric intravenous catheter placement: Ice versus vapocoolant spray

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-12

  Waterhouse, Marie R ^a   Liu, Deborah R ^a   Wang, Vincent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ice; intravenous catheter; pain; Painease; vapocoolant

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ICE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAPOCOOLANT SPRAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRYOTHERAPY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; ICE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84872347769     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b214b     Document Type: Article

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