Oral sucrose and pain relief for preterm infants

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 62-69

  Mitchell, Anita ^a   Waltman, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ASPARTAME; GLUCOSE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PARACETAMOL; SUCROSE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; PAIN; PREMATURITY; SUCKING; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0042810940     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1524-9042(02)54201-6     Document Type: Article

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