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Pain Assessment in Neonates

Pain Assessment in Neonates

Hanne Storm
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781466609754|ISBN10: 1466609753|EISBN13: 9781466609761
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch013
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Storm, Hanne. "Pain Assessment in Neonates." Neonatal Monitoring Technologies: Design for Integrated Solutions, edited by Wei Chen, et al., IGI Global, 2012, pp. 278-302. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch013

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Storm, H. (2012). Pain Assessment in Neonates. In W. Chen, S. Oetomo, & L. Feijs (Eds.), Neonatal Monitoring Technologies: Design for Integrated Solutions (pp. 278-302). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch013

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Storm, Hanne. "Pain Assessment in Neonates." In Neonatal Monitoring Technologies: Design for Integrated Solutions, edited by Wei Chen, Sidarto Bambang Oetomo, and Loe Feijs, 278-302. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0975-4.ch013

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Abstract

In the U.S. it is mandatory to assess and treat pain. Italy, France, and Russia are establishing standards that mean pain assessment and treatment may become mandatory. Physiological, behavioural, and biochemical tools have been used for pain assessment but no gold standard is yet available. These tools have both limits and benefits. The topic of this chapter is to discuss these tools for different infant groups and to conclude if they can fulfill a gold standard for pain assessment. This gold standard should be independent of the infant’s level of maturity and level of illness, should give accurate pain measurement, be in real time, give an immediate response, and the index should be valid for all infants.

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