BACKGROUND: Using a new simple blood glucose measurement device (Free Style™),
blood can thus be sampled from the forearm, which is less sensitive to pain than from the …

The objectives of this study were to measure pain symptoms in healthy fullterm newborns
undergoing routine blood sampling with different methods. The 120 study subjects were …

Background Blood sampling is a usual and painful procedure on preterm infant. Repeating
painful procedures may affect the process of normal brain development and Pain …

Introduction: INFANT s undergo PAIN ful procedures during care and treatment. PAIN in
INFANT s can lead to various risks. So, it seems essential to find a simple, safe, and …

Background Automatic lancets have been reported to be superior to manual lancets in terms
of pain and treatment time. However, no studies have yet been published comparing …

Background The heel stick is the method of choice in most neonatal units for capillary blood
sampling, and it represents the most common event among all painful procedures performed …

Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the severity of pain experienced by a newborn
during a heel puncture for screening using the Newborn Pain Scale (NIPS), measure the …

Objective To evaluate the pain in healthy newborns requiring blood test by a heel-prick
procedure and compare different pain management methods. Patients and method We …

Objective. Heel lancing has hitherto been the method of choice for screening tests of inborn
errors of metabolism in neonates. Eutectic mixture of local anesthetic has little, if any …

Objectives The reduction of pain due to routine invasive procedures (capillary heel stick
blood sampling for neonatal metabolic screening) in the newborn is an important objective …