Journal article

Effect of concomitant opioid analgesics and oral sucrose during heel lancing

Denise Harrison, Peter Loughnan, Elizabeth Manias, Katherine Smith, Linda Johnston

EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2011

Abstract

A sub-analysis was conducted of data from a study of prolonged use of sucrose for hospitalized infants (N=50 infants) during heel lancing. Results showed that pain responses differed when opioid analgesics were administered concomitantly with sucrose (n=79 pain assessments), than when sucrose was administered alone (n=364 pain assessments).

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

The first author, Denise Harrison was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and Trainee Research Scholarship through the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute at the time this study was conducted.