A PROSPECTIVE COMPARISON STUDY BETWEEN A BUTTERFLY NEEDLE AND A TEFLON CANNULA FOR SUBCUTANEOUS NARCOTIC ADMINISTRATION

Authors
MACMILLAN K BRUERA E KUEHN N SELMSER P MACMILLAN A
Citation
K. Macmillan et al., A PROSPECTIVE COMPARISON STUDY BETWEEN A BUTTERFLY NEEDLE AND A TEFLON CANNULA FOR SUBCUTANEOUS NARCOTIC ADMINISTRATION, Journal of pain and symptom management, 9(2), 1994, pp. 82-84
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal",Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of pain and symptom management → ACNP
ISSN journal
08853924
Volume
9
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
82 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-3924(1994)9:2<82:APCSBA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
To evaluate the hypothesis that subcutaneous sites initiated with the Teflon cannula would have longer durations and be more comfortable for the patient than the butterfly needle, we performed a prospective ran domized crossover trial to compare the 25-gauge butterfly needle to a Teflon cannula with a 26-gauge introducer needle and a 24-gauge cannul a. The analysis of 20 patients showed that duration of the subcutaneou s site was significantly longer with the Teflon cannula. Both patients and nurses preferred the Teflon cannula because it did not need to be changed as frequently. There was no difference reported in the level of comfort.