Reduction of pain response in premature infants using intraoral sucrose

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Ramenghi, Luca A ^a   Wood, Christopher M ^a   Griffith, Gillian C ^a   Levene, Malcolm I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Behavioural state; Heel lance; Premature infant; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CRYING; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INJECTIONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SUCROSE;

EID: 0029993405     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.74.2.f126     Document Type: Article

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