title: Pain assessment and management in the newborn infant.
abstract: Managing the pain of a newborn is both complex and challenging because of the subtlety of pain expression in these patients and their vulnerability. This article provides an overview of the physiology of pain in the newborn, addresses pain assessment and pain-assessment tools, explores both nonpharmacological and pharmacological approaches to pain management, and finally, lays the responsibility for pain management in the newborn squarely in the lap of the professional.
authors.affiliation: KMJ INC, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Jorgensen
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000451:nursing*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid