Reducing the pain of intramuscular benzathine penicillin injections in the rheumatic fever population of Counties Manukau District Health Board

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-117

  Russell, Kathryn ^a,b   Nicholson, Ross ^a   Naidu, Rajeshni ^a,c  

^a Kidz First Children's Hospital Auckland   (New Zealand)

^b Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (New Zealand)

^c Kidz First Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

benzathine penicillin; procedural pain management; rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PROCEDURAL PAIN MANAGEMENT; RHEUMATIC FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894258784     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12400     Document Type: Article

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