Assessment of pain in the neonate

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-469

  Maxwell, Lynne G ^a,b   Malavolta, Carrie P ^b   Fraga, Maria V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Neonate; Pain; Pain scales

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION AGITATION SCALE;

ASSESSMENT; NEONATE; PAIN; PAIN SCALES;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION, NURSING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84882928121     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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