Sweet-tasting solutions for needle-related procedural pain in infants one month to one year of age

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2019, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kassab, Manal ^a   Foster, Jann P ^b   Foureur, Maralyn ^c   Fowler, Cathrine ^c  

^a Department of Maternal and Child Health Faculty of Nursing   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

CRYING; HUMAN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUGAR INTAKE;

CRYING; DIETARY SUCROSE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT; NEEDLES; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84874187396     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008411.pub2     Document Type: Review

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