Sucrose and non‐nutritive sucking for the relief of pain in screening for retinopathy of prematurity: a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Screening is necessary for infants at risk of retinopathy of prematurity. Despite local anaesthetic drops, infants find eye examinations distressing, displaying behavioural and physiological changes indicating acute pain. Oral sucrose and non‐nutritive sucking reduce pain responses assoc...

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Main Authors: Boyle, E M, Freer, Y, Khan‐Orakzai, Z, Watkinson, M, Wright, E, Ainsworth, J R, McIntosh, N
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672697/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16428355
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2005.087668
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