EMLA® cream: A pain-relieving strategy for childhood vaccination

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 329-336

  Abuelkheir, Manal ^a   Alsourani, Deema ^b   Al Eyadhy, Ayman ^c   Temsah, Mohamad Hani ^c   Meo, Sultan Ayoub ^c   Alzamil, Fahad ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

childhood vaccination; Eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (EMLA ); pain assessment; vaccination pain

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PRILOCAINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD VACCINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EUTECTIC MIXTURE OF LOCAL ANAESTHETICS (EMLA®); FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OINTMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VACCINATION; VACCINATION PAIN;

CHILDHOOD VACCINATION; EUTECTIC MIXTURE OF LOCAL ANAESTHETICS (EMLA®); PAIN ASSESSMENT; VACCINATION PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; OINTMENTS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; PRILOCAINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84898684404     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: 14732300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300060513509473     Document Type: Article

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