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Relief of injection pain in adults EMLA cream for 5 minutes before venepuncture

Relief of injection pain in adults EMLA cream for 5 minutes before venepuncture
Relief of injection pain in adults EMLA cream for 5 minutes before venepuncture
The effectiveness of skin anaesthesia after 5 minutes' topical application of a lignocaine-prilocaine cream was evaluated. One hundred and twenty patients estimated the pain of antecubital venepuncture both on a linear scale and verbally after use of the cream for either 5 or 60 minutes, a placebo cream or no treatment. Reported pain was significantly less after only 5 minutes of the lignocaine-prilocaine cream (p = 0.002). The cream can be used to relieve the pain of all routine injections.
0003-2409
772-774
Nott, M.R.
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Peacock, J.L.
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Nott, M.R.
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Peacock, J.L.
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Nott, M.R. and Peacock, J.L. (1990) Relief of injection pain in adults EMLA cream for 5 minutes before venepuncture. Anaesthesia, 45 (9), 772-774. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14453.x).

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The effectiveness of skin anaesthesia after 5 minutes' topical application of a lignocaine-prilocaine cream was evaluated. One hundred and twenty patients estimated the pain of antecubital venepuncture both on a linear scale and verbally after use of the cream for either 5 or 60 minutes, a placebo cream or no treatment. Reported pain was significantly less after only 5 minutes of the lignocaine-prilocaine cream (p = 0.002). The cream can be used to relieve the pain of all routine injections.

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Published date: 1990

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Local EPrints ID: 72868
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/72868
ISSN: 0003-2409
PURE UUID: 85fb4433-e3f3-4dd1-95e2-4afc4cf10699

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Date deposited: 25 Feb 2010
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 21:43

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Author: M.R. Nott
Author: J.L. Peacock

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