Anesthesia and Analgesia in the NICU

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 239-254

  Hall, R Whit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anesthesia; Infant newborn; Infant premature; NICU; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; EMLA; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PANCURONIUM; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PROPACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROPIVACAINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SUCROSE; SUXAMETHONIUM; TETRACAINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

APNEA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHEST WALL RIGIDITY; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE CONTUSION; INTUBATION; KANGAROO CARE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MASSAGE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE ADHESIVENESS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MASSAGE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SUCROSE;

EID: 84857099813     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2011.12.013     Document Type: Review

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