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Does sucrose analgesia promote physiologic stability in preterm neonates?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14631163     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted with infants born <31 weeks of gestational age and recruited within 48 h of life. The infants were randomized to receive up to three doses of 0.1 ml of either 24% sucrose or sterile water (placebo) for every painful procedure during the 1st week of life. The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of treating all procedural pain with sucrose on overall physiological stability. The hypotheses were that infants who received 24% sucrose for all painful procedures would be less stressed as measured by salivary cortisol, and more physiologically stable as measured by pulse rate variability than those who received placebo. Salivary cortisol was measured before and 30 min after a painful procedure, whereas the pulse rate was continuously recorded, from second to second, from a pulse oximeter. There were no group differences in the cortisol response to a painful stimulus or in pulse rate variability over time. There was, however, a significant correlation between standard deviation of pulse rate and number of doses of sucrose only in the group who received high doses of sucrose.
Authors:
Kristina Boyer; Celeste Johnston; Claire-Dominique Walker; Françoise Filion; Adam Sherrard
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2003-11-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biology of the neonate     Volume:  85     ISSN:  0006-3126     ISO Abbreviation:  Biol. Neonate     Publication Date:  2004  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-03-12     Completed Date:  2004-10-07     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0247551     Medline TA:  Biol Neonate     Country:  Switzerland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  26-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Analgesia*
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Double-Blind Method
Heart Rate
Humans
Hydrocortisone / analysis
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature / physiology*
Pain
Placebos
Saliva / chemistry
Stress, Physiological / etiology,  metabolism
Sucrose / administration & dosage*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Placebos; 50-23-7/Hydrocortisone; 57-50-1/Sucrose

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