The heel stick procedure is the most common painful procedure performed in preterm and full-term neonates. Various nonpharmacologic interventions have been used for pain relief. However, the magnitude of the effect of different interventions has received little attention. In this study, 4 eligible studies conducted in Thailand, focusing on the effects of interventions on pain responses to heel ...

1. Name the 4 main classes of analgesic drugs. 2. How does paracetamol work? 3. By what routes may paracetamol be given? 4. What is the oral loading dose of paracetamol? 5. Paracetamol may be used to treat: a. mild pain? b. moderate pain? c. severe pain? 6. How do NSAID’s work 7. In what situations should you be cautious about using NSAID’s? 8. By what routes may NSAID’s be given? 9. Is morphin...

Distraction has been shown to be an effective technique for managing pain in children; however, few investigations have examined the utility of this technique with infants. The goal of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of movie distraction in reducing infants' immunization distress. Participants were 136 infants (range=1-21 months; M=7.6 months, SD=5.0 months) and their par...

search results show that numerous primary studies have been carried out in different parts of iran regarding prevalence of g6pd deficiency; if results of these studies are combined, a reliable estimation of prevalence of this factor will be achieved in iran. thus, present study, aimed to determine the prevalence of g6pd deficiency by combining findings of qualified primary studies using meta-an...

1. Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. M Sc student, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Department of Midwifery, Client Education and Management Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran 4Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Centre, Iranian ...

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the prevalence of pain in puerperal women, describe characteristics and its impacts on performance daily life activities, evaluate satisfaction with received analgesia. Method: Cross-sectional study which included women who had given birth. These were evaluated within 72 hours postpartum a public teaching hospital São Paulo city. Obstetric clinical data evaluated...