Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 214-220 , August 2009

A Randomized, Crossover Comparison of Injected Buffered Lidocaine, Lidocaine Cream, and No Analgesia for Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Insertion

Presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly, October 2008, Chicago, IL.

  • Candace McNaughton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Candace McNaughton, MD, Vanderbilt University, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1313 21st Avenue S, 703 Oxford House, Nashville, TN 37232-4700; 615-936-0087, Fax 615-936-1316
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  • Chuan Zhou, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    • ,
  • Linda Robert, MSN

      Affiliations

    • St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO
    • ,
  • Alan Storrow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • ,
  • Robert Kennedy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Received 11 August 2008 ,Revised 12 December 2008 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: CM and RK conceived the study and designed the trial. RK obtained materials for the study. CM, LR, and RK supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. RK undertook recruitment of participants. CM and RK managed the data, including quality control. CZ analyzed the data. CM and RK drafted the article; CM, CZ, LR, AS, and RK all contributed substantially to its revision. CM takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online February 13, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)02182-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.025

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 214-220 , August 2009

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