Morphine does not provide adequate analgesia for acute procedural pain among preterm neonates

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1494-1500

  Carbajal, Ricardo ^a,b   Lenclen, Richard ^a   Jugie, Myriam ^a   Paupe, Alain ^a   Barton, Bruce A ^c   Anand, Kanwaljeet J S ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MARYLAND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Morphine; Neonates; Pain; Procedures

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 27744465104     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1425     Document Type: Article

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