title: Neonatal pain associated with caregiving procedures.
abstract: This article presents evidence that newborns react to aversive caregiving procedures--heelsticks, circumcision, and surgery--with distinct physiological, behavioral, and metabolic responses. These responses are similar to those associated with pain in adults. Suggestions are made on methods of ameliorating the infant's responses to aversive caregiving procedures.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001815:Bloodletting / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D012677:Sensation; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics