Background The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as “an
unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue …

Breastfeeding is a safe and effective analgesic for healthy neonates undergoing painful
minor procedures. This may be another reason to encourage mothers to breastfeed their …

The assessment and treatment of pain in the neonate, especially preterm neonates, has
been a challenge in the NICU for many years. Nurses caring for these vulnerable patients …

A baseline assessment of pain should occur as part of a newborn's health assessment
within the first few hours of life. Validation and assessment of pain in the term newborn is …

Background Pain in the neonate is associated with acute behavioural and physiological
changes. Cumulative pain is associated with morbidities, including adverse …

Objectives To synthesise current evidence from systematic reviews (SRs) regarding the
efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological interventions to prevent and treat pain in …

Background Neonates, especially preterm infants, are often subjected to frequent painful
procedures during their stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. 1 Repeated painful stimuli in …

Many procedural interventions during neonatal stay remain a burden as they cause pain or
discomfort (Simons et al., 2003). We therefore appreciate the review on non …

Despite accumulating evidence that procedural pain experienced by newborn infants may
have acute and even long‐term detrimental effects on their subsequent behaviour and …

Background. Despite an increased awareness among clinicians regarding pain and pain
management for infants undergoing surgery, pain associated with procedures performed …