Randomized clinical trial to assess pain and bruising in medicines administered by means of subcutaneous and intramuscular needle injection: Is it necessary to have needles changed?

• Main Authors: Luiz Carlos Ribeiro Lamblet (Author), Edilson Sant'Anna Meira (Author), Silvana Torres (Author), Barbara Carvalho Ferreira (Author), Sergio Dias Martucchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
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This clinical trial aimed at comparing the intensity of pain and bruising by subcutaneous and intramuscular injections using and retractable fixed syringes and needles and syringes with no needles combined, at a public hospital in Sao Paulo, for six months. We evaluated the perception of pain in cas...