OBJECTIVE To determine whether a difference in breastfeeding behaviors could be observed between newborns whose mothers received epidural analgesia for labor pain relief and those newborns whose mothers received no pain medication in labor. DESIGN There were two groups of neonates in this study. One group was born to mothers who received epidural analgesia, and one group was born to mothers w...

Background Acute pain and distress during medical procedures are commonplace in newborn admitted to Intensive Care Unit and can have detrimental effects, if uncontrolled. Accumulating evidence suggests that neonate, as older children, could benefice of non pharmacological interventions (NPIs) to relive mild to moderate pain, anxiety and discomfort from minor invasive procedures. [1] These thera...

overview of oral sucrose analgesia for infants. The administration of oral sucrose, with or without nonnutritive sucking (NNS), has been the most frequently studied nonpharmacological intervention for relief of procedural pain in neonates. Oral sucrose has a beneficial role in pain prevention and management for infants, including babies in the emergency department. Although most research on ora...

a correlational study was conducted to investigate the relationship between me duration of labor stages and the   newborn 's apgar score in women admitted to imam khomeini hospital (sari 1994).   a total of 1 20 primigravida women admitted for delivery wert' selected sequentially. the tool was a checklist   consisting of three parts . the first part inquired as to certain demographic ...

megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (mmihs) is a rare and the most severe form of functional intestinal obstruction in the newborn. the characteristic features of this congenital and fatal disease are abdominal distension, absent or decreased bowel peristalsis. abdominal distension is a consequence of the distended, unobstructed urinary bladder with or without hydronephros...

To study the patterns of supraspinal pain processing in neonates, we hypothesized that acute pain causes haemodynamic changes associated with activation of the primary somatosensory cortex. Forty preterm neonates at 28-36 weeks of gestation (mean=32.0) and at 25-42 h (mean=30.7) of age were studied following standardized tactile (skin disinfection) and painful (venipuncture) stimuli. Changes in...

This study examined the effects of a yoga program during pregnancy, on maternal comfort, labor pain, and birth outcomes. A randomized trial was conducted using 74-primigravid Thai women who were equally divided into two groups (experimental and control). The yoga program involved six, 1-h sessions at prescribed weeks of gestation. A variety of instruments were used to assess maternal comfort, l...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The absence or failure to identify and correctly manage pain impairs the recovery of newborn admitted Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), with long-term consequences. objective was describe knowledge nursing team on evaluation management term preterm newborns in NICU, as well daily challenges. METHODS: Descriptive, cross-sectional study a quantitative approa...