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2017 ; 11
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Improving the treatment of infant pain
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Moultrie F
; Slater R
; Hartley C
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care
2017[Jun]; 11
(2
): 112-117
PMID28375883
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Pain management presents a major challenge in neonatal care.
Newborn infants who require medical treatment can undergo frequent invasive
procedures during a critical period of neurodevelopment. However, adequate
analgesic provision is infrequently and inconsistently provided for acute noxious
procedures because of limited and conflicting evidence regarding analgesic
efficacy and safety of most commonly used pharmacological agents. Here, we review
recent advances in the measurement of infant pain and discuss clinical trials
that assess the efficacy of pharmacological analgesia in infants. RECENT
FINDINGS: Recently developed measures of noxious-evoked brain activity are
sensitive to analgesic modulation, providing an objective quantitative outcome
measure that can be used in clinical trials of analgesics. SUMMARY: Noxious
stimulation evokes changes in activity across all levels of the infant nervous
system, including reflex activity, altered brain activity and behaviour, and
long-lasting changes in infant physiological stability. A multimodal approach is
needed if we are to identify efficacious and well tolerated analgesic treatments.
Well designed clinical trials are urgently required to improve analgesic
provision in the infant population.
|Acetaminophen/therapeutic use
[MESH]
|Administration, Cutaneous
[MESH]
|Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage/adverse
effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use
[MESH]
|Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/therapeutic use
[MESH]
|Brain/*metabolism
[MESH]
|Humans
[MESH]
|Infant, Newborn
[MESH]
|Morphine/administration & dosage/adverse effects/pharmacology/*therapeutic use
[MESH]