ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Assessment and Management of Pain in Preterm Infants: A Practice Update.
Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06885437 (Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses' Assessment of Preterm Infants' Pain and Sedation), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses' Assessment of Preterm Infants' Pain and Sedation: Inter-Rater Reliability
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 146 citations in OpenAlex.
- The comparative efficacy and safety of sweet solutions to reduce preterm infants' pain levels: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Long-term alterations in pain sensitivity following preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Nonpharmacological Interventions on Intramuscular Vaccination Pain among Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials.Journal of caring sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Patients' experiences with the application of medical adhesives to the skin: a qualitative systematic review.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- Sucrose analgesia for heel-lance procedures in neonates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Comparison of the Effects of Incubator and Radiant Environments on Physiological Criteria and Pain-Stress Levels during Heel Lance in Neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Saudi medical journal · 2026Trial
- Maternal facilitated tucking versus nurse facilitated tucking for alleviation of pain during neonatal heel lancing: A randomised, two-period, cross-over trial.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Trial
- A Neonatal Nurse-Controlled Model of Analgesia to Manage Post-Operative Pain in the Surgical Neonate: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Trial
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- Effects of fentanyl and sucrose on pain in retinopathy examinations with pain scale, near-infrared spectroscopy, and ultrasonography: a randomized trial.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2023Trial
- Vascular access management plan (VAMP): neonatal European vascular access team-ESPR Recommendation 1.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- [Anesthesia in neonates and preterm infants : Current knowledge on ventilation, circulation and transfusion].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2026Review
- Parental experience and professional training shape the perception of comfort and discomfort in preterm and term newborns.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Enhancing neonatal vascular access: proposing a patient-centered framework based on 7-Rights.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Nonpharmacological Pain Management for Premature Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Procedural Pain and Situational Anxiety in Pediatric Patients: A Narrative Review of Assessment Tools.Pediatric reports · 2026Review
- Physiological correlates of pain in preterm infants: evidence from a meta-analytic approach.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Design and experimental validation of a soft pneumatic robotic device for preterm infant skin-to-skin tactile therapy.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2026Article
- Mothers' Views on the Use of Oral Glucose for Pain Relief in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Pain assessment in non-verbal children with neurocognitive impairment: a review on current tools, challenges, and clinical perspectives.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Infants born preterm are at a high risk for repeated pain exposure in early life. Despite valid tools to assess pain in non-verbal infants and effective interventions to reduce pain associated with medical procedures required as part of their care, many infants receive little to no pain-relieving interventions. Moreover, parents remain significantly underutilized in provision of pain-relieving interventions, despite the known benefit of their involvement. This narrative review provides an overview of the consequences of early exposure to untreated pain in preterm infants, recommendations for a standardized approach to pain assessment in preterm infants, effectiveness of non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic pain-relieving interventions, and suggestions for greater active engagement of parents in the pain care for their preterm infant.
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