Consistent management of repeated procedural pain with sucrose in preterm neonates: Is it effective and safe for repeated use over time?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 543-548

  Stevens, Bonnie ^a,b   Yamada, Janet ^b   Beyene, Joseph ^b   Gibbins, Sharyn ^c   Petryshen, Patricia ^a,d   Stinson, Jennifer ^a,b   Narciso, Janet ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neonates; Outcomes; Pacifiers; Procedural pain; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANALGESIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PACIFIER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PACIFIERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27344456631     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000149802.46864.e2     Document Type: Article

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