First do no harm: pain relief for the peripheral venous cannulation of adults, a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peripheral venous cannulation is an everyday practice in hospitals, which many adults find painful. However, anaesthesia for cannulation is usually only offered to children. Inadequate pain relief is not only unpleasant for patients but may cause anxiety about further treatment and deter patients from seeking medical care in the future. The aim of this study is to discover the most effective local anaesthetic for adult peripheral venous cannulation and to find out how the pain of local anaesthetic application compares with that of unattenuated cannulation.

Methods

These aims are addressed through a systematic review, network meta-analysis and random-effects meta-analysis. Searching covered 12 databases including MEDLINE and EMBASE from 1990 to August 2015. The mai

SUBMITTER: Bond M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5045592 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature