Pain in infancy.
This column attempted to briefly review information helpful to the nurse caring for hospitalized infants. Infants do in fact experience pain regardless of the inability to verbalize their experience, and health care professionals need to apply new facts from scientific findings to their clinical practice.
Kennedy-Caldwell
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Department of Experimental Psychology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912.
D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008568:Memory; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology
D000700:Analgesics