Topical anesthetic versus lidocaine infiltration in arteriovenous fistula cannulation

• Main Authors: Anisha George (Author), Pratish George (Author), Deepak Masih (Author), Nina Philip (Author), David Shelly (Author), Jasmin Das (Author), Timothy Rajamanickam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on maintenance hemodialysis undergo arterio-venous fistula (AVF) cannulation prior to each hemodialysis session for blood access. Prior to cannulation lidocaine infiltration is done, which is often perceived as painful. Eutectic mixture of local an...