First do no harm: Pain relief for the peripheral venous cannulation of adults, a systematic review and network meta-analysis

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bond, Mary ^a   Crathorne, Louise ^a   Peters, Jaime ^a   Coelho, Helen ^a   Haasova, Marcela ^a   Cooper, Chris ^a   Milner, Quentin ^b   Shawyer, Vicki ^b   Hyde, Christopher ^a   Powell, Roy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Vascular Access team ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Local anaesthetic; Network meta analysis; Pain; Peripheral venous catheterization; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN PLUS LIDOCAINE; BUPIVACAINE; CHLOROETHANE; CHLOROPROCAINE; CRYOFLUORANE; DICLOFENAC; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE PLUS TETRACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYL PARABEN; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VENOUS CANNULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CATHETERIZATION; DRUG EFFECTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84989298921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-016-0252-8     Document Type: Article

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