Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialSaline with benzyl alcohol as intradermal anesthesia for intravenous line placement in children.
It has been suggested that saline with benzyl alcohol preservative has anesthetic properties when injected intradermally. We compared the pain associated with intravenous line (i.v.) placement in patients who received intradermal lidocaine, intradermal saline + benzyl alcohol preservative, or no anesthesia. ⋯ Saline with benzyl alcohol and 1% lidocaine are equally effective as intradermal anesthetics for i.v. line placement in children, and are both more effective than no anesthesia.