Effect of repeated doses of sucrose during heel stick procedure in preterm neonates

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 160-166

  Johnston, C Celeste ^a,c   Stremler, Robyn ^a   Horton, Linda ^b   Friedman, Allison ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Pain; Premature infant; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SUCROSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALGESICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HEEL; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OXIMETRY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SUCROSE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0032926409     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014092     Document Type: Article

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