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16635592

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
The delivery of humane neonatal care demands that attention is given to interventions that reduce pain effectively. Painful procedures are common for neonatal patients and a growing body of research suggests that simple non-pharmacological methods are effective in reducing the signs of pain. Both oral sucrose and pacifiers reduce pain scores during procedures, and other simple measures, including facilitated tucking and skin-to-skin contact, might also be effective. Organising care to reduce exposure to painful procedures and also optimising the devices used for procedures might reduce the experience of pain. There is some evidence of long-term improvement in pain sensitivity following pain reduction programmes. Further research is needed to understand the detail of how and when to best apply these interventions; the long-term outcomes of policies that give routine prominence to pain reduction on the neonatal intensive care unit also need to be investigated. The absence of long-term effect should not impede the introduction of these simple, low-cost humane measures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1744-165X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
246-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Non-pharmacological pain relief.
pubmed:affiliation
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, and Nottingham Neonatal Service, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't