A randomized controlled trial of sucrose and/or pacifier as analgesia for infants receiving venipuncture in a pediatric emergency department

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although sucrose has been accepted as an effective analgesic agent for procedural pain in neonates, previous studies are largely in the NICU population using the procedure of heel lance. This is the first report of the effect of sucr...

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Main Authors: Vandermeer Ben, Ali Samina, Jou Hsing, Curtis Sarah J, Klassen Terry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/7/27