Oral sweet solution reduces pain-related behaviour in preterm infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 854-858

  Abad, F ^a,b   Diaz N M ^a   Domenech, E ^a   Robayna, M ^a   Rico, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pain; premature infants; sucrose

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SUCROSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEETNESS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0029818602     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb14167.x     Document Type: Article

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