The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
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Clinical and laboratory investigations of neonatal pain suggest that preterm neonates are more vulnerable to stress and painful procedures and have heightened responses to successive stimuli. Preterm infants receiving intensive care are subjected to frequent invasive and stressful procedures as well as more chronic environmental influences. Acute episodic pain may cause early neurologic injury. ⋯ Several pain measures exist to assess pain in full-term and preterm neonates, including behavioral indicators and physiological indicators of pain. Therapeutic interventions can provide comfort and analgesia in preterm neonates. Guidelines for preventing or treating neonatal pain and its adverse consequences include recognition of the sources of pain and routine assessments of neonatal pain, avoidance of recurrent painful stimuli and the use of specific non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions.
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J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Sep 2009
Characteristics of obstetric intensive care unit admissions in New Jersey.
To assess the demographic characteristics, risk factors and perinatal outcomes among maternal intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in New Jersey from 1997 to 2005. ⋯ Pregnancy complications are predictive of ICU admission amongst pregnant patients after adjusting for demographic factors.