Open AccessNeonatal procedural pain exposure and pain management in ventilated preterm infants during the first 14 days of life
Author(s) -
Jan P.H. Hamers,
Luc J. I. Zimmermann
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
swiss medical weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1424-7860
pISSN - 1424-3997
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2009.12545
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , anesthesia , population , intensive care , pediatrics , acute pain , gestation , morphine , analgesic , retrospective cohort study , pregnancy , intensive care medicine , surgery , genetics , environmental health , biology
Ventilated preterm infants are at high risk for procedural pain exposure. In Switzerland there is a lack of knowledge about the pain management in this highly vulnerable patient population. The aims of this study were to describe the type and frequency of procedures and to determine the amount of analgesia given to this patient group in two Swiss neonatal intensive care units.
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