Use of Lidocaine for pain management in the Emergency medicine: systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract

we aimed to determine the effectiveness of lidocaine in management of the pain of patients referring to ED. Method and materials:The PRISMA statement was used for this SR. We searched the databases of PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, Medline (ovid) from 1990 to August 2017 for RCTs in which the study population was referred to the emergency department and received lidocaine. Full-texts of the studies that were published in English were reviewed for inclusion. Both authors independently evaluated all studies. Seven articles were eligible for the meta-analysis based on their common outcomes.