Sweet tasting solutions for reduction of needle-related procedural pain in children aged one to 16 years

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Harrison, Denise ^a   Yamada, Janet ^b   Adams Webber, Thomasin ^b   Ohlsson, Arne ^c   Beyene, Joseph ^d   Stevens, Bonnie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT; WATER; CHEWING GUM; SUGAR;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BRADYCARDIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREATHING RATE; CHEWING GUM; CHILDREN HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO PAIN SCALE; COLORED ANALOGUE SCALE; CRYING; FACES PAIN SCALE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; CHILD; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CANDY; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; NEEDLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PUNCTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84945355047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008408.pub3     Document Type: Review

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