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Local Anaesthetic Infiltration Prior to Arterial Puncture for Blood Gas Analysis: A Survey of Current Practice and a Randomised Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Infiltration with local anaesthetic (LA) is recommended before arterial puncture (AP) for blood gas analysis. A telephone survey of 100 junior hospital doctors established that 84% never used LA; the reason for this cited by 47% of doctors was that they considered the injection to be as...

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Autores principales: Lightowler, J V J, Elliott, M W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Physicians of London 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9409498