title: Help Desk Answers: Does giving a sweet-tasting solution before vaccine injection reduce infant crying?
abstract: Oral administration of a sucrose or glucose solution before intramuscular vaccine injection reduces expected crying duration by 12 to 77 seconds following the shot.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's Warren Family Medicine Residency Program, Phillipsburg, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Helaine
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D003448:Crying / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D013549:Sweetening Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D013549:Sweetening Agents