Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Telephone vs mail response to an emergency department patient satisfaction survey.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Subcutaneous buffered lidocaine for intravenous cannulation: is there a role in emergency medicine?
To prospectively evaluate whether subcutaneous buffered lidocaine (SQBL) significantly reduces the pain or adversely affects the success rate of i.v. cannulation (IVC) in adult ED patients. ⋯ SQBL significantly reduced the pain, while not adversely affecting the success rate, of IVC in adult patients in the ED.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Cutaneous tape stripping to accelerate the anesthetic effects of EMLA cream: a randomized, controlled trial.
Most medications are not absorbed topically due to the stratum corneum barrier. While effective as a topical anesthetic, EMLA cream is absorbed slowly, delaying its effects for up to one hour, thereby limiting its usefulness. ⋯ Removal of the cornified layer of the skin resulted in a more rapid anesthetic effect of EMLA cream as evidenced by lower IVC pain scores after TS. The effectiveness of TS for enhanced absorption of other medications should be investigated.