Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyComparison of lignocaine and water-based lubricating gels for female urethral catheterization: a randomized controlled trial.
It is standard practice to use lignocaine gel during male urethral catheterization. However, it is commonly believed that topical anaesthetic confers no benefit during female catheterization hence lubricating gel alone is more commonly used. The present study aimed to determine whether lignocaine gel decreased pain compared with water-based lubricating gel for female urethral catheterization in the ED. ⋯ Lignocaine gel substantially reduces the procedural pain of female urethral catheterization by comparison with use of a water-based lubricating gel.