Background Hospitalized premature babies often undergo various painful procedures.
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) and swaddling are two pain reduction methods. Objectives …

Background Heel lance has been the conventional method of blood sampling in neonates
for screening tests. Neonates undergoing heel lance experience pain which cannot be …

Objective To analyze in the scientific literature the effects of massage on pain relief in
newborns submitted to puncture. Method Systematic review with meta-analysis performed in …

Background Synthesized evidence of analgesic effects of breastfeeding, skin-to-skin care,
and sucrose for newborns undergoing painful procedures exists; however, these …

Introduction: Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain in newborn induces permanent …

Background and objective Procedural pain in neonates has been a concern in the last two
decades. The purpose of this review was to provide a critical appraisal and a synthesis of …

Objective: to compare pain scores in term newborns submitted to music and swaddling
interventions during venipuncture. Methods: pilot study of a clinical trial, carried out with 11 …

Kangaroo care (Kc) has been recommended as a painreducing strategy in neonates;
however, Kc has not been widely used to minimize procedural pain caused in part by …

Objective To analyze in the scientific literature the effects of massage on pain relief in
newborns submitted to puncture. Method Systematic review with meta-analysis performed in …

Introduction: The heel-lance (HL) method for blood collection from the newborn is
controversial for the pain it causes. This is the first randomized controlled trial on the …