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Skin-to-skin contact (Kangaroo Care) analgesia for preterm infant heel stick.

Susan M Ludington-Hoe, Robert Hosseini, Deborah L Torowicz

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In one paragraph

Trial report in AACN clinical issues. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06869902 (Is Inhaled Colostrum as Effective as Inhaled Lavender Essential Oil for Pain Control in Neonatal Frenotomy), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06869902 nacompletednot on this map

Is Inhaled Colostrum as Effective as Inhaled Lavender Essential Oil for Pain Control in Neonatal Frenotomy: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorParc de Salut MarRan2023 to 2024Enrolled142ConditionsPain, Ankyloglossia, NeonateArmsColostrum
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  4. Skin-to-skin care for procedural pain in neonates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  6. Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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  15. Enhanced kangaroo mother care for heel lance in preterm neonates: a crossover trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2009
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  16. Kangaroo Care (skin contact) reduces crying response to pain in preterm neonates: pilot results.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2008
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susan M Ludington-HoeFP Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4904, and the Pediatric Critical Care Center, Children's Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, USA. Susan.Ludington@case.edu
Robert Hosseini
Deborah L Torowicz
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

Kangaroo Care to Blunt Pain in Premature InfantsR03NR008587 · NINR · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI LUDINGTON, SUSAN M · 2003 to 2004
$153k
SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT FOR PRETERM INFANTS &THEIR MOTHERSR01NR002251 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LUDINGTON, SUSAN M · 1991 to 1993
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NINR NIH HHS NR R01-02251-04NINR NIH HHS NR R03-08587-01NINR NIH HHS R03 NR008587NINR NIH HHS R03 NR008587-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to compare a heel stick conducted during Kangaroo Care (skin-to-skin contact) with the mother to a heel stick in a warmer in reducing premature infant physiologic and behavioral pain responses. Twenty-four premature infants in a university-based neonatal intensive care unit were recruited and randomized to 2 sequences: sequence A group received 3 hours of Kangaroo Care (with a heel stick in Kangaroo Care) followed by 3 hours in a warmer (with a heel stick in the warmer). Sequence B group had warmer care and a heel stick (in the warmer) before Kangaroo Care and a heel stick (in Kangaroo Care). Heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, crying time, and behavioral state were measured before, during, and after heel stick. Repeated measures ANOVA and Mann Whitney U statistics were performed. Heart rate and length of crying in response to pain were significantly reduced during Kangaroo Care and the Kangaroo Care heel stick as compared to when infants were in the warmer and had a heel stick in the warmer. Three infants did not cry at all during the Kangaroo Care heel stick; infants slept more during Kangaroo Care than in the warmer. Kangaroo Care positioning before and during heel stick is a simple and inexpensive analgesic intervention to ameliorate pain in stable premature infants.

Indexed as

AnalgesiaBlood Specimen CollectionClinical Nursing ResearchCryingFemaleHeart RateHeelHumansInfant BehaviorInfant CareInfant, NewbornInfant, Premature, DiseasesIntensive Care, NeonatalMaleNeonatal NursingPain

Identifiers

PMID16082239
PMCPMC1890009
OpenAlexW1975115425

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