The Efficacy of Developmentally Sensitive Interventions and Sucrose for Relieving Procedural Pain in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates

Stevens, Bonnie; Johnston, Céleste; S. Franck, Linda; Petryshen, Patricia; Jack, Anne; D. Foster, Gary

doi:10.1097/00006199-199901000-00006

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The Efficacy of Developmentally Sensitive Interventions and Sucrose for Relieving Procedural Pain in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates

Published in Nursing Research • Jan 1, 1999

Authors:

Bonnie Stevens

Céleste Johnston

Linda S. Franck

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Procedural pain management for very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates has been minimal or nonexistent in most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy of developmentally sensitive behavioral interventions (nonnutritive sucking via a pacifier, positioning)...

Subject

Pacifier

Medicine

Psychological intervention

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