Early human development
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Early human development · Mar 2013
Analysis of acute pain scores and skin conductance measurements in infants.
Skin conductance (SC) has been previously used to measure acute post-operative pain in adults and older children (>1year old).We have investigated the ability of SC to predict the severity of post-operative pain scores in the exclusively infant population. ⋯ Peak SC values may serve as indicators of unmitigated pain. Further studies are needed to fully investigate the effect of MOR A118G SNP on the post operative pain scores and SC values in the larger infant population in order to validate both the clinical significance of the skin conductance for routine pain assessment in infants and the observed genetic effect.