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A comparative trial of ice application versus EMLA cream in alleviation of pain during botulinum toxin injections for palmar hyperhidrosis

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, April 2018
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Title
A comparative trial of ice application versus EMLA cream in alleviation of pain during botulinum toxin injections for palmar hyperhidrosis
Published in
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, April 2018
DOI 10.2147/ccid.s155023
Pubmed ID
29662322
Authors

Adel Alsantali

Abstract

Botulinum toxin is a safe and effective therapy for palmar hyperhidrosis, but the associated pain from injections limits the usefulness of this method of treatment. To evaluate the efficacy of Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics (EMLA) cream versus ice application in alleviation of pain during botulinum toxin injections for palmar hyperhidrosis. In this prospective study, 23 patients underwent palm Botox injections to treat their excessive sweating. In each patient, EMLA cream was applied to one palm and ice was applied directly before the injections in the other palm. Pain was evaluated using a Visual Analog Scale. Statistically, there was a significant difference in pain control between EMLA cream group and ice application group (p<0.05). The average pain score on the hands where EMLA cream was applied was 8.9 (SD=0.81), whereas it was 4.8 (±0.9) in the ice group. In this study, the successful use of ice application in reducing pain by 40% in comparison to EMLA cream during Botox toxin injection for palmar hyperhidrosis is demonstrated.

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Unknown 2 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 1 50%
Other 1 50%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 1 50%
Chemistry 1 50%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 April 2018.
All research outputs
#2,609,708
of 9,772,430 outputs
Outputs from Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
#93
of 254 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#65,278
of 193,666 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology
#4
of 7 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 9,772,430 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 254 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 11.1. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its peers.
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