12 ORAL HYPERTONIC GLUCOSE, FOR ANALGESIA IN THE PREMATURE NEWBORNS Zohreh Badiee Neonatologist, Assistant professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran Background: A number of studies have shown that orally administered sweet tasting solutions reduce signs of pain during painful procedures in t...

Newborns and infants are often exposed to painful procedures during hospitalization. Several different scales have been validated to assess pain in specific populations of pediatric patients, but no single scale can easily and accurately assess pain in all newborns and infants regardless of gestational age and disease state. A new pain scale was developed, the COVERS scale, which incorporates 6...

Introduction: Ultrasonographic assessment of renal size in newborns is important for diagnosis of renal disease in neonatal period. It is well known that changes in renal dimensions may precede kidney echotexture changes in certain renal pathologies. The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic review to evaluate kidney dimensions in premature and full term newborns. Method: We search all E...

Unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) encephalopathy is a predominantly early life condition resulting from the impairment of several cellular functions in the brain of severely jaundiced infants. However, only few data exist on the age-dependent effects of UCB and their association with increased vulnerability of premature newborns, particularly in a sepsis condition. We investigated cell death, glutam...

This study aimed to analyze the parameters used by the nursing staff of a public hospital in Bahia for pain assessment in premature newborns and to describe the interventions used to relieve the pain. This is a qualitative descriptive study that was carried out through semi-structured interviews with ten participants, in the period from December 2008 to January 2009. The data were analyzed thro...