Nonpharmacological management of procedural pain in infants and young children: An abridged Cochrane review

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 321-330

  Pillai Riddell, Rebecca ^a,b   Racine, Nicole ^a   Turcotte, Kara ^a   Uman, Lindsay S ^c   Horton, Rachel ^a   Din Osmun, Laila ^a   Ahola Kohut, Sara ^a   Hillgrove Stuart, Jessica ^a   Stevens, Bonnie ^b   Lisi, Diana ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Caregiver; Infant; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PROCEDURAL PAIN; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SUCKING; SWADDLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALGESIA; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84555189803     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/489286     Document Type: Review

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