Emla application exceeding two hours improves pediatric emergency department venipuncture success

Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-75

  Baxter, Amy L ^a   Ewing, Philip H ^a   Young, Ginger B ^a   Ware, Amy ^a   Evans, Neil ^a   Manworren, Renee C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

pain; parental satisfaction; success; topical anesthetic; venipuncture

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84873356999     PISSN: 19314485     EISSN: 19314493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TME.0b013e31827f50cb     Document Type: Article

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