An unnecessary pain: a commentary on Gao et al. (2018)

We read with great interest the article by Gao et al. (2018) on the management of repeated procedural pain in preterm infants. This is an important issue since preterm infants hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units undergo many painful procedures which can adversely impact their neurological development (Ranger et al., 2015; Valeri et al., 2016). Gao et al. (2018) conducted a four-group randomized clinical trial (RCT) to evaluate how effective different interventions on repeated heel pricks would be to reduce pain.

Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - July 2, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Gwena ëlle De Clifford-Faugère, Marilyn Aita, Sébastien Colson Tags: Letter Source Type: research