CorrespondencePain in neonates
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Painful procedures and analgesia in the NICU: what has changed in the medical perception and practice in a ten-year period?
2016, Jornal de PediatriaCitation Excerpt :As for lumbar puncture, a local infiltration of lidocaine in neonates is recommended.21 Sabrine and Sinha26 observed the regular use of analgesics for lumbar puncture in only 9% of the surveyed English NICU. Porter et al.27 studied 140 lumbar punctures, and only in 4% specific analgesic medication was prescribed for the procedure.
Sucrose-induced analgesia during early life modulates adulthood learning and memory formation
2015, Physiology and BehaviorImplementing change in the neonatal unit: Part 1 - The evidence base
2014, Journal of Neonatal NursingCitation Excerpt :These figures illustrate the number of painful procedures the babies endure, even during a relatively short stay. Results were encouraging in that 85% of babies were given sucrose or already had opioids administered which demonstrated a vast increase over time than that reported in previous studies and also highlighted that 40% of babies received sucrose alone for procedural pain (Johnston et al., 1997; Sabrine and Sinha, 2000; Rohrmaster et al., 2003; Carbajal et al., 2008). Literature clearly illustrates that studies as early as 1993 (Rushforth and Levene, 1993; Bucher et al., 1995; Abdad et al., 1996) demonstrated the efficacy of sucrose for minor painful procedures but few neonatologists advocated its use in their units until further studies evidenced its proven benefits (Johnston et al., 2002; Stevens et al., 2004; Harrison et al., 2007; Stevens et al., 2010; Spence et al., 2010; Cooper and Petty, 2012).
Kangaroo Care and Behavioral and Physiologic Pain Responses in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Twins: A Case Study
2012, Pain Management NursingAnalgesics Administered During Minor Painful Procedures in a Cohort of Hospitalized Infants: A Prospective Clinical Audit
2009, Journal of PainCitation Excerpt :Importantly, the results of this study show that either oral sucrose was specifically administered or that opioid analgesics or were being administered as part of ongoing care during 85% of all minor procedures. This is a vast increase in the utilization of analgesics during minor painful procedures than that reported in previous studies.13,30,39,43,46,51 For example, a study of pain management practices in Canadian NICUs over a decade ago reported that no analgesics specific to the procedure were given during any heel lance procedures.30