Kanwaljeet J S Anand, Mats Eriksson, Elaine M Boyle, Alejandro Avila-Alvarez, Randi Dovland Andersen, Kosmas Sarafidis, Tarja Polkki, Cristina Matos, Paola Lago, Thalia Papadouri, Simon Attard-Montalto, Mari-Liis Ilmoja, Sinno Simons, Rasa Tameliene, Bart van Overmeire, Angelika Berger, Anna Dobrzanska, Michael Schroth, Lena Bergqvist, Emilie Courtois, Jessica Rousseau, Ricardo Carbajal
AIM: Continuous pain occurs routinely, even after invasive procedures, or inflammation and surgery, but clinical practices associated with assessments of continuous pain remain unknown. METHODS: A prospective cohort study in 243 neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) from 18 European countries recorded the frequency of pain assessments, use of mechanical ventilation, sedation, analgesia or neuromuscular blockade for each neonate for up to 28 days after NICU admission...
August 2017: Acta Paediatrica