Screening for retinopathy of prematurity: Is it painful?

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-200

  Belda, Sylvia ^a   Pallás, Carmen R ^a   De La Cruz, Javier ^a   Tejada, Pilar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques, ophthalmological; Infant, premature; Pain measurement; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCREENING; VOMITING;

APNEA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VOMITING;

EID: 5644287391     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079542     Document Type: Article

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