The development of sweet taste: From biology to hedonics

JA Mennella, NK Bobowski, DR Reed - Reviews in Endocrine and …, 2016 - Springer
From the age of 2 years, an American child is more likely to consume a sugar-sweetened
product than a fruit or vegetable on any given day—a troubling statistic, given that food …

Assessment and management of pain in infants

PJ Mathew, JL Mathew - Postgraduate medical journal, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Infants, including newborn babies, experience pain similarly and probably more intensely
than older children and adults. They are also at risk of adverse long term effects on …

A systematic review and meta‐analyses of nonsucrose sweet solutions for pain relief in neonates

M Bueno, J Yamada, D Harrison, S Khan… - Pain Research and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Sucrose has been demonstrated to provide analgesia for minor painful
procedures in infants. However, results of trials investigating other sweet solutions for …

The effects of skin-to-skin contact during acute pain in preterm newborns

TC Castral, F Warnock, AM Leite, VJ Haas… - European Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Several promising non-pharmacological interventions
have been developed to reduce acute pain in preterm infants including skin-to-skin contact …

Analgesic effects of sweet-tasting solutions for infants: current state of equipoise

D Harrison, M Bueno, J Yamada, T Adams-Webber… - …, 2010 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: The goal was to review published studies of analgesic effects of sweet
solutions, to ascertain areas with sufficient evidence of effectiveness and areas of …

Sucrose analgesia: identifying potentially better practices

L Lefrak, K Burch, R Caravantes, K Knoerlein… - …, 2006 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. The objectives of this study were to review the use of oral sucrose for
procedural pain management in NICUs, develop potentially better practice guidelines that …

Oral glucose and listening to lullaby to decrease pain in preterm infants supported with NCPAP: a randomized controlled trial

KŞ Tekgündüz, S Polat, A Gürol, SE Apay - Pain Management Nursing, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Preterm infants spend the early days of their lives in neonatal intensive care
units, where they undergo many minor painful procedures. There are many …

The ontogeny of taste perception and preference throughout childhood

CA Forestell, JA Mennella - Handbook of olfaction and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter focuses on the approaches and discoveries that have contributed to the
knowledge of human development of the five “basic” tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter and …

Procedural pain management for neonates using nonpharmacological strategies: Part 1: sensorial interventions

A Fernandes, M Campbell-Yeo… - Advances in Neonatal …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Neonates who are born preterm and are admitted to neonatal intensive care units endure
frequent procedures that may be painful. Nonpharmacological interventions that have been …

Development of locally relevant clinical guidelines for procedure-related neonatal analgesic practice in Kenya: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Wade, JS Frazer, E Qian, LM Davidson… - The Lancet Child & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Increasing numbers of neonates are undergoing painful procedures in low-
income and middle-income countries, with adequate analgesia seldom used. In …