[Analgesia with saccharose during heel capillary prick. A randomized study in 37 newborns of over 33 weeks of amenorrhea].
BACKGROUND
To evaluate the efficiency of intraoral saccharose administration for analgesia among neonates born after at least 33 weeks of gestation.


METHODS
Thirty-seven neonates from two neonatal units were tested using an objective scale of infants' pain. A double blind study of the heel prick response after saccharose vs. water administration was performed.


RESULTS
Prior administration of saccharose significantly reduced the pain reaction (1.24 vs. 2.24, P < 10(-5)).


CONCLUSIONS
The analgesia obtained after an intraoral saccharose administration can be useful for repeated punctures for which common procedures of analgesia are ineffective. Beyond its use for heel prick, this procedure could be proposed for venous punctures when ELMA analgesia is not possible.
Mellah
D
D
Service de néonatologie, centre hospitalier, Pontoise, France.
Gourrier
E
E
Merbouche
S
S
Mouchnino
G
G
Crumière
C
C
Leraillez
J
J
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000698:Analgesia; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D002196:Capillaries; D005865:Gestational Age; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011677:Punctures; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013395:Sucrose
Analgésie au saccharose lors des prélèvements capillaires au talon. Etude randomisée chez 37 nouveau-nés de plus de 33 semaines d'aménorrhée.