Does lidocaine gel alleviate the pain of bladder catheterization in young children?
Vaughan M; Paton EA; Bush A; Pershad J Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA. OBJECTIVE: Bladder catheterization (BC) is a commonly performed, painful procedure in the pediatric emergency department (ED). A survey demonstrated that analgesia is infrequently used for several brief painful procedures, including BC, in pediatric patients.
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