Premedication with lorazepam before bone marrow biopsy.
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Premedication with lorazepam before bone marrow biopsy.
Fifty patients were randomised in a double blind placebo controlled study to examine the influence of lorazepam (4 mg orally) before bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy. Assessment was made by a visual analogue linear pain scale compiled after the procedure and again 24 hours later. There was no difference in the pain recalled immediately after the procedure between the two groups, but t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.40.6.696