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Painless Venipuncture. A Clinical Trial of Iontophoresis of Lidocaine for Venipuncture in Blood Donors
Author(s) -
Arvidsson S. B.,
Ekroth R. H.,
Hansby A. M. C.,
Lindholm A. H.,
WilliamOlsson G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1984.tb02043.x
Subject(s) - venipuncture , medicine , iontophoresis , anesthesia , lidocaine , phlebotomy , placebo , clinical trial , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , radiology
Discomfort or frank pain at venipuncture may be a reason for abstaining from giving blood. In an attempt to offer a painless alternative, a method for iontophoretic application of local anaesthetics was developed. Its effectiveness in producing anaesthesia for venipuncture was tested in a double‐blind trial in 47 blood donors. A positive result was obtained in 89%, as against 28% in the placebo group.