Analgesic effects of sweet-tasting solutions for infants: Current state of equipoise

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 894-902

  Harrison, Denise ^a,b,c   Bueno, Mariana ^b,d   Yamada, Janet ^a,b   Adams Webber, Thomasin ^a   Stevens, Bonnie ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equipoise; Infant; Pain; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BOLDENONE UNDECENOATE; FENTANYL; OXYCODONE; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SWEETNESS; VEIN PUNCTURE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FEMALE; GLUCOSE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHLEBOTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 78049415245     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1593     Document Type: Article

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