Background Infant acute pain and distress is commonplace. Infancy is a period of
exponential development. Unrelieved pain and distress can have implications across the …

The burden of pain in newborn infants has been investigated in numerous studies, but little
is known about the appropriateness of the use of pain scales according to the specific type …

Purpose Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) is currently the gold standard
for respiratory support for moderate to severe acute viral bronchiolitis (AVB). Although …

Pain in children is underestimated and undertreated because of lack of pain assessment
tools. Pain assessment depends on the cognitive development of the child being tested …

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 …

More than 15 million premature infants are born worldwide each year. 1 These infants, along
with term neonates who are born ill, compromised either by congenital abnormalities or by …

Importance Because children in a preverbal stage of development are unable to voice their
feelings, they completely depend on their caregiving team for the interpretation and …

Background Neonates are frequently subjected to painful procedures, with the most
immature infants receiving the highest number of painful events. 3,–5 Despite …

Objective: To establish beginning evidence of clinical validity and reliability of the Neonatal
Pain, Agitation and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) in neonates with prolonged pain …

Aim Continuous pain occurs routinely, even after invasive procedures, or inflammation and
surgery, but clinical practices associated with assessments of continuous pain remain …