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A comparison of local anaesthetics for venepuncture
1Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea SA6 6NL, Wales, UK.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|March 29, 2000
Abstract
Aim:
To compare the effectiveness of EMLA cream and Ametop gel in providing analgesia for venous cannulation.
Methods:
Single blind study in 120 children.
Results:
Both anaesthetic agents produced adequate analgesia. However, Ametop gel was more effective, with a statistically significant difference in the pain scores of the two groups (p < 0.05).