Topical Anesthesia or Oral Dextrose for the Relief of Pain in Screening for Retinopathy of Prematurity: a Randomized Controlled Double-blinded Trial

Conclusion: ROP screening causes moderate to severe pain and neither proparacaine nor dextrose is an effective analgesic.

Source: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics - January 27, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Nesargi, S. V., Nithyanandam, S., Rao, S., Nimbalkar, S., Bhat, S. Tags: Original Papers Source Type: research