Sweeten, soother and swaddle for retinopathy of prematurity screening: A randomised placebo controlled trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  O'Sullivan, A ^a   O'Connor, M ^a   Brosnahan, D ^a,b,c   McCreery, K ^a,b   Dempsey, E M ^d  

^a Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NON NUTRITIVE SUCK; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SUCKING; SWADDLING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PACIFIERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; SUCROSE;

EID: 78349309097     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.180943     Document Type: Article

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