ABSTRACT: Painful procedures can affect the function of innate immune cells, such as neutrophils and macrophages, increasing risk infectious diseases. The present work aimed to verify if analgesics flunixin meglumine or ketoprofen attenuate pain/discomfort newborn lambs submitted by elastration tail docking thereby avoid impairment blood granulocytes function. Twenty-one neonate were divided in...

Introduction: The most important purpose in neonatal pain management is to minimize the felt by newborns and help newborn cope with pain. This study planned examine effects of two non-pharmacological methods, using pacifiers or maternal holding, on neonates’ admitted outpatient clinic (OC) hospitalized Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Material Methods: Ninety (30 used pacifiers, 30 holding,...

Objectives:To assess the level of painresponse during heel prick among newborn.To evaluatetheeffectivenessofwarmsalinewaterapplicationonpainresponseduringheelprickamongnewborn.Toassociatethepainresponseduringheelprickamongnewborn at NICU, Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai with their baseline variables. Hypotheses: There isa statistically significant difference betweenthe post test levelof pai...

BACKGROUND An understanding of perceptions of parents and health caregivers who assist critically ill neonates is necessary to comprehend their actions and demands. Therefore this study aim to analyze the agreement among parents, nurse technicians and pediatricians regarding the presence and intensity of pain and distress in mechanically ventilated and intubated newborn infants. METHODS Cross...

abstract background: as any delay in the onset of milk production and ejection in the first few days after delivery can cause breast-feeding failure, this study has been done to determine factors that may affect the onset time of lactation in vaginal and cesarean section deliveries with and without labor pain (elective). methods: 300 partujient mothers selected from two private and university h...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate nondrug management practices concerning pain induced by blood sampling in newborns in a Moroccan neonatal unit and to determine whether the results reported from a randomized clinical study of nondrug analgesia could be reproduced in a routine care setting. METHODS Standardized prospective observation of analgesic practices used during blood sa...

Although over 40 methods of pain assessment in infants are available for use in clinical practice, unrecognized and under-treated pain remains one of the most commonly reported problems within the Neonatal Intensive Care Units. A number of factors have been found to account for differences in the robustness of the pain response in neonates of varying gestational ages. Discrepancies between beha...

BACKGROUND Low breastfeeding duration rates reflect the pain and distress experienced by many women who discontinue breastfeeding in the early weeks and months of life. This paper explores modern key historical events that have significantly influenced Australian breastfeeding education and practice. METHOD Relevant literature reviewed from 1970 to 2010 identified key events that appear to ha...