RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effect of non-sucrose sweet tasting solution on neonatal heel prick responses.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F129
OP F131
DO 10.1136/fn.74.2.F129
VO 74
IS 2
A1 L. A. Ramenghi
A1 G. C. Griffith
A1 C. M. Wood
A1 M. I. Levene
YR 1996
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/74/2/F129.abstract
AB A substance commercially described as 'sugar free,' used as a sweetener for paracetamol suspension, was evaluated on measures of neonatal pain. Sixty infants were randomly allocated to receive one of four solutions before heel stab blood sampling: sterile water (placebo); 25 or 50% sucrose (weight/volume); and the commercial sweet-tasting solution. There was a significant reduction in crying time and pain score 3 minutes after the painful stimulus in all groups compared with the controls. It is concluded that this sweet-tasting solution has analgesic effects as potent as those of concentrated sucrose solutions.