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Table 1 Local anesthesia delivery methods* used by pediatric rheumatologists for intra-articular corticosteroid injections

From: Anesthesia for intra-articular corticosteroid injections in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A survey of pediatric rheumatologists

Method

Percent

EMLA†® cream + subcutaneous lidocaine

58.8

Ethyl chloride spray

41.2

EMLA® cream

33.8

Subcutaneous lidocaine

 

   Non-buffered lidocaine

29.4

   Routine buffering of lidocaine

7.4

Lidocaine iontophoresis

11.8

  1. * Use of more than one local anesthesia method for IACI was reported by 60% of responding physicians; † Eutectic mixture of topical lidocaine.