Journal of paediatrics and child health
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J Paediatr Child Health · Aug 1997
Factors related to infant apnoea and cyanosis: a population-based study.
To examine the relationship between infant and parental characteristics and parental report of infant cyanosis and also hospital admission for apnoea/cyanosis. ⋯ Several infant and parental characteristics are associated with increased risk of infant apnoea/cyanosis in this study but further population-based work with a larger group of infants hospitalised for apnoea/cyanosis should be conducted. The finding of an association between the administration of antihistamine medication and infant cyanosis highlights the possibility of adverse side-effects if antihistamine medication is administered to young infants.
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J Paediatr Child Health · Aug 1997
Case ReportsNurse-controlled analgesia using a patient-controlled analgesia device: an alternative strategy in the management of severe cancer pain in children.
Nurse-controlled analgesia (NCA) using a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device has been described for intensive care and postoperative use. This report describes the effective use of this technique for severe episodic and procedural pain in four children with advanced malignancy and high opioid requirements where conventional parenteral analgesia had been inadequate. Both morphine and fentanyl were used. Average duration of NCA was 6.75 days (range 4-12).