Cry Features Reflect Pain Intensity in Term Newborns: An Alarm Threshold

Pediatric Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 142-146

  Bellieni, Carlo V ^a   Sisto, Renata ^b   Cordelli, Duccio M ^a   Buonocore, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION;

COHORT STUDIES; CRYING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 0347623207     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000099793.99608.CB     Document Type: Article

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