Sucrose for analgesia in newborn infants undergoing painful procedures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stevens, Bonnie ^a   Yamada, Janet ^a   Lee, Grace Y ^b   Ohlsson, Arne ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; SUCROSE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING RATE; CRYING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE INFANT PAIN PROFILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; SUCKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PUNCTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PUNCTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUCROSE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874802456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001069.pub4     Document Type: Review

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