Safety and efficacy of needle-free powder lidocaine delivery system in adult patients undergoing venipuncture or peripheral venous cannulation a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 211-217

  Zempsky, William T ^a   Schmitz, Michael L ^b   Meyer, James M ^c  

^a Farmington   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Marathon Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Pain assessment; Peripheral cannulation; Transdermal administration; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; POWDER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; APPLICATION SITE BLEEDING; APPLICATION SITE EDEMA; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE PRURITUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE FREE POWDER LIDOCAINE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETER; PETECHIA; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VEIN PUNCTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG FORMULATION; ILLINOIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHLEBOTOMY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREMEDICATION; PROCEDURES; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHLEBOTOMY; PLACEBO EFFECT; POWDERS; PREMEDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957872414     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000257     Document Type: Article

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