Topical skin anesthesia before inserting hemodialysis cannula

To the Editor.— A new topical anesthetic cream based on a eutectic mixture containing equiponderal amounts of lidocaine based and pnilocaine base has been developed recently.1 In a controlled study, Halpérin2 demonstrated convincingly that this ointment reduces substantially the pain caused by veno...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1990-04, Vol.85 (4), p.624-624
Main Authors: Bianchetti, M B, Speck, S, Oetliker, O H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anesthesia, Local
Catheterization
Child
Humans
Lidocaine
Ointments
Prilocaine
Renal Dialysis - methods
Skin
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Summary:To the Editor.— A new topical anesthetic cream based on a eutectic mixture containing equiponderal amounts of lidocaine based and pnilocaine base has been developed recently.1 In a controlled study, Halpérin2 demonstrated convincingly that this ointment reduces substantially the pain caused by venous, subcutaneous drug reservoir, and lumbar punctures in children submitted to painful diagnostic and therapeutic procedures because of cancer. Pain inflicted by insertion of large cannulas into arteriovenous fistulas in children and adolescents on regular hemodialysis is cause of concern for children on regular hemodialysis.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.85.4.624