The safety and efficacy of oral dextrose for relieving pain following venepuncture in neonates

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 140-145

  Ling, Jiong Ming ^a   Quah, B S ^a   Van Rostenberghe, H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

30 dextrose; Analgesia; Neonates; Pain; Venepuncture

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SCORING SYSTEM; VEIN PUNCTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PHLEBOTOMY; PUNCTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PUNCTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SWEETENING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944488065     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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