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Clinical Trial
. 2003 Sep;97(3):713-714.
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000074791.44467.D8.

The efficacy of 5% lidocaine-prilocaine (EMLA) cream on pain during intravenous injection of propofol

A McCluskey  1 , B A Currer, I Sayeed
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Clinical Trial

The efficacy of 5% lidocaine-prilocaine (EMLA) cream on pain during intravenous injection of propofol

A McCluskey et al. Anesth Analg. 2003 Sep.

Abstract

Topical anesthesia using 60% lidocaine tape reduces the incidence of propofol injection pain. We conducted a randomized prospective double-blinded placebo-controlled study to assess the analgesic efficacy of pretreatment with topical 5% lidocaine-prilocaine (EMLA) cream in 90 ASA physical status I and II adult patients scheduled to undergo day-case gynecological surgery. Propofol injection pain was not reduced by pretreatment with EMLA cream, whereas the addition of lidocaine to propofol did significantly reduce propofol injection pain compared with the control group (P = 0.002). We conclude that topical anesthesia with EMLA cream applied for 60 min does not significantly reduce propofol injection pain.

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