Hospitalized infants who hurt: a sweet solution with oral sucrose

Pain is harmful to newborn infants. Oral sucrose is safe, inexpensive, and effective at preventing and reducing pain in hospitalized babies who undergo invasive procedures. The sugar can be used alone or in combination with analgesics and other nonpharmacological interventions to provide analgesia....

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Published in:Critical care nurse 2012-02, Vol.32 (1), p.61-69
Main Authors: Pasek, Tracy Ann, Huber, Jessica Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration, Oral
Analgesics - administration & dosage
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care, Neonatal - methods
Nursing
Pain - prevention & control
Sucrose - administration & dosage
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Summary:Pain is harmful to newborn infants. Oral sucrose is safe, inexpensive, and effective at preventing and reducing pain in hospitalized babies who undergo invasive procedures. The sugar can be used alone or in combination with analgesics and other nonpharmacological interventions to provide analgesia. Parents expect nurses to serve as pain advocates for the parents' newborns and to protect the babies from needless suffering. It is incumbent upon nurses to stay abreast of the current evidence and integrate use of oral sucrose into daily pain management practice in emergency, acute, and critical care units.
ISSN:0279-5442
1940-8250
DOI:10.4037/ccn2012912