Skin-to-skin care for procedural pain in neonates

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Johnston, Celeste ^a   Campbell Yeo, Marsha ^b   Disher, Timothy ^c   Benoit, Britney ^c   Fernandes, Ananda ^d   Streiner, David ^e   Inglis, Darlene ^b   Zee, Rebekah ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE ENFERMAGEM DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; SUCROSE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD SAFETY; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYING; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMBASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEEL STICK; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREMATURE INFANT PAIN PROFILE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SWEETNESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; VACCINATION; VEIN PUNCTURE; WAKEFULNESS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMISTRY; HEART RATE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE; SALIVA; TERM BIRTH;

BREAST FEEDING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHLEBOTOMY; PUNCTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SALIVA; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 85012978126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008435.pub3     Document Type: Article

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