title: Pharmacological analgesia in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to verify the frequency of pharmacological analgesia and the occurrence of postoperative pain in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional study and data were collected from 30 medical charts of neonates who underwent cardiac surgery in a private hospital in the city of São Paulo.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority (96.6%) of neonates received analgesia: 18 (60.0%) received continuous analgesics, five (16.7%) received intermittent drugs, and six (20.0%) received a combination of continuous and intermittent analgesics. Fentanyl citrate was continuously administered to 24 (80.0%) neonates. Intermittent dipyrone and morphine was administered to ten (33.3%) and one (3.3%) neonates, respectively. Pain registers were observed in 17 (56.7%) medical charts and the occurrence of pain among neonates who received analgesics was 53.4%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no efficacy in pharmacological postoperative pain control in the neonates included in this study.
authors.affiliation: University of São Paulo School of Nursing, Brazil. maribueno@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bueno
authors.forename: Amélia Fumiko
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pimenta
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid