Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
[Effectiveness of local cooling and lidocaine administration for prevention of pain upon injection of propofol].
Propofol is commonly used for induction and maintenance of anesthesia, but pain at the site of intravenous injection is a clinical problem. We studied the effectiveness of local cooling and pretreatment with lidocaine for prevention of injection pain of propofol. ⋯ The results suggest that cooling and pretreatment with lidocaine reduce the incidence of pain upon propofol injection.