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PICO
Question: Among children with painful infectious mouth ulcers, do those treated with 2% viscous lidocaine have increased oral fluid intake compared with children given placebo?
Question type: Intervention
Study design: Randomized controlled
Investigators at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia sought to establish the efficacy of viscous lidocaine for increasing oral intake in children with painful infectious mouth ulcers. Children aged 6 months to 8 years with painful mouth ulcers (associated with gingivostomatitis, ulcerative pharyngitis, herpangina, and hand, foot, and mouth disease), presenting to the emergency department (ED) with poor oral intake, were randomized to receive …
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