Background Infant acute pain and distress is commonplace. Infancy is a period of
exponential development. Unrelieved pain and distress can have implications across the …

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

Neonates do experience pain and its management is necessary in order to prevent long-
term, as well as, short-term effects. The most common source of pain in the neonatal …

More than 6,000 infant deaths every day in just the first month of life is a severe alarm for
healthcare systems on the eve of Healthcare 5.0. By providing timely, reliable, yet affordable …

In pediatric clinical research, it is essential to implement ethical and regulatory requirements,
training, and facilities to grant the proper management of specimens, considering that blood …

Introduction Due to medical procedures, preterm infants are at high risk for side effects of
pain. In this regard, heel lancing for capillary blood sampling is a common painful …

Background: Neonatal pain assessment (NPA) represents a huge global problem of
essential importance, as a timely and accurate assessment of neonatal pain is …

Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) began in the early 1960s based on the work of Dr.
Robert “Bob” Guthrie in Buffalo, NY, USA. His development of a screening test for …

Background Neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit undergo frequent painful
procedures. It is essential to reduce pain using safe and feasible methods. Purpose To …

Purpose To investigate the effect of facilitated tucking on pain intensity and comfort during
heel stick blood sampling among full-term newborns in Jordan. Design A quasi …