Analgesics Administered During Minor Painful Procedures in a Cohort of Hospitalized Infants: A Prospective Clinical Audit

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 715-722

  Harrison, Denise ^a,b,c   Loughnan, Peter ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^b   Johnston, Linda ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

analgesia; Infant; morphine; newborn; pain; procedural pain; sucrose

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PAIN;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CLINICAL AUDIT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUCROSE;

EID: 67449135866     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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