Calmer: a robot for managing acute pain effectively in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Abstract. Introduction:. For preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, early exposure to repeated procedural pain is associated with negative effects on the brain. Skin-to-skin contact with parents has pain-mitigating properties, but parents may not always be available during procedures....

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Main Authors: Liisa Holsti, Karon MacLean, Timothy Oberlander, Anne Synnes, Rollin Brant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-04-01
Series:PAIN Reports
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000727