The influence of gestational age on the efficacy and short-term safety of sucrose for procedural pain relief

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 241-249

  Gibbins, Sharyn ^a,b   Stevens, Bonnie ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Neonates; Non nutritive sucking; Pain; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE; WATER;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUCKING; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; SAFETY; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542539921     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S1536-0903(03)00169-3     Document Type: Article

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