Analgesic efficacy of lidocaine and multimodal analgesia for chest tube removal: A randomized trial study

Objective: to assess the analgesic efficacy of subcutaneous lidocaine and multimodal analgesia for chest tube removal following heart surgery. Methods: sixty volunteers were randomly allocated in two groups; 30 participants in the experimental group were given 1% subcutaneous lidocaine, and 30 co...

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Main Authors: Valdecy Ferreira de Oliveira Pinheiro, José Madson Vidal da Costa, Marcelo Matos Cascudo, Ênio de Oliveira Pinheiro, Maria Angela Ferreira Fernandes, Ivonete Batista de Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692015000601000&lng=en&tlng=en