Cerebral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Measure of Nociceptive Evoked Activity in Critically III Infants

Due to the subtlety or absence of predictable, objective signs of pain in critically ill infants, health care professionals must often rely on observations of behavioural or nonspecific physiological signals. Although parameters such as heart rate or blood pressure could be regarded as relatively mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manon Ranger, Celeste C Johnston, Catherine Limperopoulos, Janet E Rennick, Adre J du Plessis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/891548