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J Small Anim Pract
January 2025
Department of Clinical Science and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, UK.
Objectives: To determine if tolerance of intravenous catheterisation differs following the application of vapocoolant spray compared to lidocaine/prilocaine cream in dogs and cats.
Materials And Methods: A randomised controlled trial of client-owned dogs and cats requiring intravenous catheterisation was performed. They were randomly allocated to either have lidocaine/prilocaine cream applied to their skin 1 hour prior to intravenous catheterisation or a swab saturated with vapocoolant spray applied immediately prior to intravenous catheterisation.
Vaccines (Basel)
November 2024
Third Pediatric Discipline, Faculty of Medicine, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400124 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
: Lidocaine-prilocaine cream effectively reduces vaccination pain, improving vaccination adherence and advocating for its routine use in healthcare settings. : This review used PRISMA guidelines and the PICOT format to structure the analysis. The focus was on paediatric patients aged 0-12 months requiring intramuscular vaccinations, comparing the application of lidocaine-prilocaine cream to other interventions or no treatment.
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December 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.
Background: The injection of local anesthetics, an extremely painful procedure, leads to a reduction of patients' acceptance.
Objective: To investigate the efficacy and adverse reactions of 4% tetracaine gel (TG) and lidocaine-prilocaine cream (LPC) on reducing the local anesthetic injection pain for upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
Methods: Sixty participants were equally divided into three groups.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
January 2025
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Waterford, Waterford, Ireland.
Objective: Cutaneous head and neck surgery can safely and effectively be performed using local anesthetic (LA). However, optimizing pain management during LA administration is paramount for patient comfort and procedural efficacy. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of EMLA cream and ethyl chloride (EC) spray in mitigating pain associated with LA administration in cutaneous head and neck surgery.
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