In some patients, inserting intravenous catheters is a painful and tricky affair. Nurse anesthetist Rick van Loon of Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven has developed a technique that dramatically ...
A topical spray reduced pain by 34% in children undergoing intravenous procedures, such as injections and tube insertions (cannulation), compared with a placebo group. The findings from this ...
Although insertion of an intravenous cannula is technically easy and usually causes the patient only mild distress, occasionally the procedure can be difficult, requiring significant professional time ...