Trial reportJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2002
Comparison of capillary blood sampling using an automated incision device with and without warming the heel.
Trial report in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04995393 (Standardization of Infants Heel Warming Before Capillary Blood Sampling - a Randomized Controlled Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Standardization of Infants Heel Warming Before Capillary Blood Sampling - a Randomized Controlled Study
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Guidelines for procedural pain in the newborn.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2009Guideline
- Comparison between a laser-lancing device and automatic incision lancet for capillary blood sampling from the heel of newborn infants: a randomized feasibility trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Trial
- Can nitroglycerine ointment facilitate newborn heelstick blood collection? A randomized controlled trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2003Trial
- Clinical effectiveness and safety of laser lancing for heel puncture in preterm infants: a randomized crossover non-inferiority trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Accounting for arterial and capillary blood gases for calculation of cerebral blood flow in preterm infants.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- ICP-MS trace element analysis in serum and whole blood.PloS one · 2020Article
- Photocleavage-based affinity purification of biomarkers from serum: Application to multiplex allergy testing.PloS one · 2018Article
- Convective burn from use of hairdryer for heel warming prior to the heel prick test - a case report.BMC pediatrics · 2011Article
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5 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine if heel warming prior to heelstick increases the volume of blood collected compared to no warming. STUDY
designRandomized controlled trial involving 100 preterm and term infants requiring capillary blood sampling (CBS), randomized to receive warming (Control) (n=50) or nonwarming (Experimental) (n=50).
resultsThis sample of infants showed no benefit of warming the heel prior to CBS. Volume of blood, collection time, crying time, and repeat procedures were not different between groups. More infants in the Control group received squeezing during the procedure compared to the Experimental group.
conclusionHeel warming prior to CBS may be an unnecessary technique in preterm and term infants that expends nursing time and hospital financial cost.
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