Efficacy of sucrose to reduce pain in premature infants during eye examinations for retinopathy of prematurity

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1029-1033

  Gal, Peter ^a,b,c,h   Kissling, Grace E ^d   Young, William O ^c,e   Dunaway, Kimberly K ^c   Marsh, Virginia A ^f   Jones, Susan M ^f   Shockley, Dawn H ^f   Weaver, Nicole L ^f   Carlos, Rita Q ^c   Ransom, J Laurence ^c,g  

^a Greensboro Area Hlth Educ Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Women's Hospital   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates PA   (United States)

^f Women's Hospital

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Greensboro AHEC   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Retinopathy of prematurity; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; EYE DROPS; PLACEBO; PROXYMETACAINE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE PAIN; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPOXYCAINE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 21044442816     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E477     Document Type: Article

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