Sucrose for analgesia in newborn infants undergoing painful procedures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Stevens, Bonnie ^a,b,c,d   Yamada, Janet ^e   Ohlsson, Arne ^f   Haliburton, Sarah ^a   Shorkey, Allyson ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; BREATHING RATE; CRYING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; VEIN PUNCTURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PUNCTURE;

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

EID: 84978878266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001069.pub5     Document Type: Review

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