Effects of combined use of non-nutritive sucking, oral sucrose, and facilitated tucking on infant behavioural states across heel-stick procedures: A prospective, randomised controlled trial.
Background: Pain and stress agitate preterm infants, interrupting their sleep. Frequent high arousal states may affect infants' brain development and illness recovery. Preserving infants' sleep and relieving their pain during painful procedures are both important for their health. Objectives: To com...
| Published in: | International Journal of Nursing Studies Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 883 - 895 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
2013
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |