Sucrose and non-nutritive sucking for the relief of pain in screening for retinopathy of prematurity: A randomised controlled trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Boyle, E M ^a,b   Freer, Y ^b   Khan Orakzai, Z ^b   Watkinson, M ^c   Wright, E ^d   Ainsworth, J R ^c   McIntosh, N ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN SCREENING; PACIFIER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCKING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PACIFIERS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; SUCROSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646380121     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.087668     Document Type: Article

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