Sucrose + Warmth: Effective Analgesic for Neonatal Pain? A new study sought to evaluate the effects of sucrose with radiant warmth vs. sucrose along during a minor painful procedure in healthy ...

Babies younger than four weeks old, called neonates, were once thought not to perceive pain due to not-yet-fully-developed sensory systems, but modern research says otherwise. Babies younger than four ...

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration ...

Purpose: To examine the issue of pain assessment in infants by acquiring all available published pain assessment tools and evaluating their reported reliability, validity, clinical utility, and ...

Babies younger than four weeks old, called neonates, were once thought not to perceive pain due to not-yet-fully-developed sensory systems, but modern research says otherwise, according to researchers ...

Mia McLean does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The soothing tones of a classical lullaby may help to relieve the pain newborns can feel from routine medical procedures. The mellifluous method could be a beneficial addition to other pain-easing ...

Adults self-report their pain on a one to 10 numerical score, while children can point to an equivalent face scale -- from a green smiling face to a red crying face -- to indicate their pain. Newborns ...

Doctors once believed that infants—especially premature babies—did not feel pain, and if they did, they would not remember it. This might sound like Medieval medicine. But as recently as the 1980s, ...

Infant pain assessment is challenging because infants are unable to verbalize the presence and intensity of their pain. Pain is uniquely experienced and expressed by each individual and can be ...