Analgesia and local anesthesia during invasive procedures in the neonate

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 844-876

  Anand, K J S ^a,h   Johnston, C Celeste ^b   Oberlander, Tim F ^c   Taddio, Anna ^d   Lehr, Victoria Tutag ^e,f   Walco, Gary A ^g  

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

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^h ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesic agents; Anesthetic agents; Infant newborn; Infant preterm; Neonatal intensive care unit; Pain; Procedure diagnostic; Procedure therapeutic

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; EMLA; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETAMINE; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PRILOCAINE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; S CAINE; SUCROSE; TETRACAINE; THIOPENTAL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMNESIA; ANALGESIA; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; BRADYCARDIA; CANNULATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTEROPATHY; ERYTHEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PALLOR; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETINOPATHY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX WALL; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE RETENTION; VEIN PUNCTURE; VOMITING;

EID: 27744472264     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2005.06.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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