title: Anaesthetic technique and pain in the newborn.
abstract: This paper reviews the approach to pain during surgery in the newborn under five general headings: (1) current attitudes to pain in the newborn during anaesthesia and intensive care; (2) current evidence on the response of the newborn to pain; (3) current approaches to the management of pain in the newborn; (4) the complications of these approaches; (5) the resultant principles of the management of anaesthesia in the newborn.
authors.affiliation: Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Wren
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D007530:Isoflurane; D005283:Fentanyl