Heel blood sampling in European neonatal intensive care units: Compliance with pain management guidelines

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Losacco, Valentina ^a   Cuttini, Marina ^a   Greisen, Gorm ^b   Haumont, Dominique ^c   Pallás Alonso, Carmen R ^d   Pierrat, Veronique ^e   Warren, Inga ^f   Smit, Bert J ^g   Westrup, Björn ^h   Sizun, Jacques ⁱ  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^g SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEEL; HUMAN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCKING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WARMING;

EID: 78650816371     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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