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PEDIATRICS Vol. 105 No. 2 February 2000, pp. 454-461

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS:
Prevention and Management of Pain and Stress in the Neonate

Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Committee on Drugs, Section on Anesthesiology, Section on Surgery

and Canadian Paediatric Society, Fetus and Newborn Committee

This statement is intended for health care professionals caring for neonates (preterm to 1 month of age). The objectives of this statement are to:

1.  Increase awareness that neonates experience pain;

2.  Provide a physiological basis for neonatal pain and stress assessment and management by health care professionals;

3.  Make recommendations for reduced exposure of the neonate to noxious stimuli and to minimize associated adverse outcomes; and

4.  Recommend effective and safe interventions that relieve pain and stress.


The following policy statement is a revision:

Prevention and Management of Pain in the Neonate: An Update
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Pediatrics 118: 2231-2241. [Full Text]



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