To assess the effectiveness of topical EMLA cream in reducing pain during intravenous cannulation by applying over skin in children between age groups 3 years to 12 years and measuring pain using various pain scales
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: R69- Illness, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/02/062606
- Lead Sponsor
- THAMIZSELVAN G
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1.Children between age groups 3 years to 12 years requiring non-emergent Intravenous cannulation
2.Parents who are willing to participate in the study and giving informed written consent
1.Emergency situations requiring immediate intravenous access
2.History of atopy
3.Open wounds or rash on dorsum of hand
4.Hypersensitivity to Eutectic mixture of local anaesthetic cream
5.Facial anomalies( preventing typical facial expressions of pain )
6.Cognitive dysfunction and conditions affecting ability to rate pain
7.Local erythema or blanching following eutectic mixture of local anaesthetic cream application
8.Requiring more than one attempt for cannulation
9.Children with poorly visible veins
10.Parents not willing to participate and give consent for study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in intravenous cannulation pain using eutectic mixture of local anaesthetic cream using visual analog scale pain score and FLACC scale and 4 point pain scaleTimepoint: Outcome (reduction in intravenous cannulation pain assessed using pain scales) will be assessed at specific time based on group which participants randomized. For Group A - assessed after 30 minutes application of placebo <br/ ><br>Group B - assessed after 30 minutes application of EMLA <br/ ><br>Group C - assessed after 60 minutes application of EMLA
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the timing of application of topical EMLA cream for intravenous cannulation in childrenTimepoint: 30 minutes and 60 minutes application time