Comparison of eutectic mixture of local anesthetics cream with dorsal penile nerve block using lignocaine for circumcision in infants

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-30

  Mujeeb, Sabeen ^a   Akhtar, Jamshed ^a   Ahmed, Soofia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anesthesia circumcision; Circumcision; EMLA; Infant; Pain; Penile nerve block

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD CARE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREAM; DORSAL PENILE NERVE BLOCK; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEONATAL INFANT PAIN SCALE; NERVE BLOCK; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84930472276     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.291.2944     Document Type: Article

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