Local Anesthesia and Tuberculin Skin Test in Infants and Children
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The use of local anaesthesia efficiently reduces pain due to needle puncture. However, when
tuberculin skin test is performed it is the skin reaction to tuberculin injection that is
studied. It is a quantitative skin reaction measured in millimiters. From the study of
literature it is not known whether local anaesthetic modify skin reaction to tuberculin.
Therefore, before recommending the use local anaesthesia for tuberculin intradermal injection
we have to rule out a potential effect of local anaesthetic on the result of the test. This
is particularly important in children, since there are more sensitive to pain than adults
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Treatments:
EMLA Lidocaine Lidocaine, Prilocaine Drug Combination Prilocaine