Skin conductance indices discriminate nociceptive responses to acute stimuli from different heel prick procedures in infants

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 796-801

  Pereira Da Silva, Luis ^a,b   Virella, Daniel ^a   Monteiro, Ivete ^a   Gomes, Sandra ^a   Rodrigues, Patrícia ^a   Serelha, Micaela ^a   Storm, Hanne ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

^b NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heel prick; Neonates; Nociceptive response; Pain; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEONATAL INFANT PAIN SCALE; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ACUTE PAIN; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84861022050     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.587919     Document Type: Article

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