Assessment and Management of Pain in Preterm Infants: A Practice Update

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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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Campbell-Yeo, M., Eriksson, M., & Benoit, B. (2022, February 1). Assessment and Management of Pain in Preterm Infants: A Practice Update. Children. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020244

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