ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2008
Heel lance in newborn during breastfeeding: an evaluation of analgesic effect of this procedure.
Article in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04337229 (Evaluation of Comfort Behavior Levels of Newborns With Artificial Intelligence Techniques), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of Comfort Behavior Levels of Newborns With Artificial Intelligence Techniques
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Skin-to-skin care for procedural pain in neonates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Breastfeeding for procedural pain in infants beyond the neonatal period.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Comparison of different methods for reducing pain during a heel lance in newborns: a randomized trial.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Pain response in newborns to the order of injecting BCG and Hepatitis-B vaccines: a randomized trial.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2011Trial
- Indications, Measurements, and Complications of Ten Essential Neonatal Procedures.International journal of pediatrics · 2023Review
- A comparative study on vaccination pain in the methods of massage therapy and mothers' breast feeding during injection of infants referring to Navabsafavi Health Care Center in Isfahan.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research · 2013Article
- Comparison of vaccination-related pain in infants who receive vapocoolant spray and breastfeeding during injection.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research · 2013Article
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14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe reduction of pain due to routine invasive procedures (capillary heel stick blood sampling for neonatal metabolic screening) in the newborn is an important objective for the so-called "Hospital with no pain". Practices such as skin to skin contact, or breastfeeding, in healthy newborn, may represent an alternative to the use of analgesic drugs. The aim of our work is to evaluate the analgesic effect of breastfeeding during heel puncture in full term healthy newborn.
methodsWe studied 200 healthy full term newborns (100 cases and 100 controls), proposing the puncture to mothers during breastfeeding, and explaining to them all the advantages of this practice. Pain assessment was evaluated by DAN scale (Douleur Aigue Nouveau ne scale).
resultsThe difference in score of pain according to the DAN scale was significant in the two groups of patients (p = 0.000); the medium score was 5.15 for controls and 2.65 for cases (newborns sampled during breastfeeding).
conclusionOur results confirmed the evidence of analgesic effect of breastfeeding during heel puncture. This procedure could easily be adopted routinely in maternity wards.
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