Archives of disease in childhood
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A comparison of local anaesthetics for venepuncture.
To compare the effectiveness of EMLA cream and Ametop gel in providing analgesia for venous cannulation. ⋯ Both anaesthetic agents produced adequate analgesia. However, Ametop gel was more effective, with a statistically significant difference in the pain scores of the two groups (p < 0.05).