Preemptive strike in the war on pain: Is it a safe strategy for our vulnerable infants?

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1335-1337

  Aly, Hany ^a,b  

^a National Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AUTISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SIDE EFFECT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTELLIGENCE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLIGENCE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 16644381101     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0621     Document Type: Note

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