Clinical Limitations of Non-pharmacological Comfort Tools for Needle Sticks in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU)
Lawrence Rhein
Abstract:During a neonate’s stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), they will undergo many painful, but necessary, procedures to deliver treatment and to monitor physiological status. Many of these methods will involve skin breaks by a needle. While pharmacological analgesics are available for larger procedures like surgeries and intubation, the volume of painful procedures neonates must endure makes the use of pharmacological analgesics impractical for every painful procedure. Due to their immature nervous sy… Show more
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