Background: Neonates cared for in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to many
painful and stressful procedures that, cumulatively, could impact later neurodevelopmental …

To understand how complicated pain assessment in neonates and young infants is, this
article presents 3 scenarios: a 25-week-old neonate with sepsis in the neonatal intensive …

Sucrose solution is recommended as relevant pain relief management in neonates during
acute painful procedures; however, only a few studies have analyzed the potentially adverse …

Objective: to assess pain in preterm newborns and to compare the neonatal and therapeutic
variables with the total scores of the Neonatal Facial Coding System of preterm newborns …

Background Early and repeated experiences of pain may have long‐term effects on
vulnerable newborns hospitalized in the N eonatal I ntensive C are U nit (NICU), and …

Objective: to assess pain in preterm newborns and to compare the neonatal and therapeutic
variables with the total scores of the Neonatal Facial Coding System of preterm newborns …

Background: Preterm infants (PI) requiring the neonatal intensive care unit are exposed to
early repetitive pain/distress. Little is known about how pain relief strategies interact with …

Abstract According to the World Health Organization and the International Association for the
Study of Pain, pain is a relevant worldwide problem in the healthcare field. The present …

As part of their lifesaving care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), infants born very
preterm (between 24 and 32 weeks gestation), undergo frequent invasive procedures that …

The average age of our population continues to grow as a result of increasing longevity.
Indeed, according to WHO, by the year 2100, nearly one third of the global population will be …