Open AccessThe role of nonpharmacological methods in attenuation of pain due to peripheral venous cannulation: A randomized controlled study
Author(s) -
Archana Shrivastava,
K Nalini,
Prapti Rath
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_172_17
Subject(s) - medicine , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , distraction , randomized controlled trial , surgery , valsalva maneuver , blood pressure , biology , neuroscience
Establishing an intravenous access is indispensable for safe administration of anesthesia. Most of the times, it is executed without any analgesia although the pain associated with this procedure is quite agonizing to the patients.