A cross-sectional survey of pain and pharmacological analgesia in canadian neonatal intensive care units

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 308-312

  Celeste Johnston C ^a   Collinge, Judith M ^a   Henderson, Susan J ^a   Anand, K J S ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Neonatal intensive care unit; Newborns; Procedural pain; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL CITRATE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CANADA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PAIN;

EID: 0031472313     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199712000-00008     Document Type: Article

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