Kangaroo Care Is Effective in Diminishing Pain Response in Preterm Neonates

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1084-1088

  Johnston, C Celeste ^a   Stevens, Bonnie ^c,d   Pinelli, Janet ^f   Gibbins, Sharyn ^e   Filion, Francoise ^a   Jack, Anne ^c   Steele, Susan ^f   Boyer, Kristina ^a,d   Veilleux, Annie ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CANADA; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN; TELEVISION CAMERA; VIDEOTAPE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0242576288     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.11.1084     Document Type: Article

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