Great News from a New Study
A new study points to “Reducing Immunization Discomfort in 4 to 6-Year-Old Children.” This randomized clinical trial, published in Pediatrics: The Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, “evaluates a unique approach that combines verbal suggestions of diminished sensation, a visually focusing activity, and a topical analgesic spray to diminish injection discomfort in 4 to 6-year-old children.”[1]
The conclusion? “This multifaceted distraction intervention reduced significantly the pain and discomfort of childhood immunizations in children 4 to 6 years of age.”1 And it cited the use of ethyl chloride as “an established pain-reducing measure.”[1] Click here to read more about this research.
The topical analgesic spray used in this study was Gebauer’s Ethyl Chloride®. The FDA has determined that each of the Gebauer family of topical anesthetic skin refrigerants is substantially equivalent (SE) to each other. Therefore this clinical reference is relevant to all Gebauer skin refrigerants, including Gebauer’s Pain Ease®.
One of the study’s author’s, F. Ralph Berberich, MD, FAAP, has also created a video of the distraction technique used in pediatric vaccination pain management. Click here to see Dr. Berberich and hear more about this technique. http://www.gebauerspainease.com/Pediatric-Video-%281%29.aspx
[1]Berberich FR, Landman Z. Reducing immunization discomfort in 4-to-6- year old children: a randomized trial.
Pediatrics, 2009, August; 124(2); e203-209. Epub 2009 Jul 13.
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