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Use of 2% lidocaine gel during bladder catheterisation did not reduce procedure related pain in young children

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.9.2.41

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    Vaughan M, Paton EA, Bush A, et al. Does lidocaine gel alleviate the pain of bladder catheterization in young children? A randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics 2005;116:917–20.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Q Does 2% lidocaine gel reduce the pain and discomfort of bladder catheterisation in young children?

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageDesign:

    randomised placebo controlled trial.

    Embedded ImageAllocation:

    concealed.

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (patients, healthcare providers, and {data collectors}*).

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    3–5 minutes after bladder catheterisation.

    Embedded ImageSetting:

    emergency department in an urban tertiary care facility in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    115 children <2 years of age (mean age 231 d, 51% boys) who were having diagnostic bladder catheterisation. Exclusion criteria were allergy to lidocaine, altered mental status, unstable status with polytrauma, and toilet trained children.

    Embedded ImageIntervention:

    2% lidocaine gel, 3 ml, (n = 59) or non-anaesthetic lubricant …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr J Pershad, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, TN, USA. pershadj{at}lebonheur.org

    • Source of funding: no external funding.