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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP)
Published on: January 27, 2010
Pain management for newborn circumcision
Ivy S Razmus1, Madelyn E Dalton, David Wilson
1Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Purpose:
To describe current newborn circumcision pain interventions and to identify which forms of analgesia were most effective.
Method:
Each male newborn was assessed for pain during the circumcision procedure and at 15-minute intervals after the procedure using the FLACC pain scale. The type and combination of analgesia was also recorded on the pain assessment record.
Results:
Pain scores were highest for newborns receiving no analgesia during circumcision. Newborns circumcised with the dorsal block and the ring block in combination with the concentrated oral sucrose had the lowest pain scores. The sucrose alone did not provide sufficient analgesia; however, it did reduce the FLACC score somewhat when used in conjunction with other analgesics/anesthesia.
Conclusions:
Information obtained from this project facilitated a change in policy wherein newborn circumcision is performed only with the use of analgesia and not concentrated oral sucrose alone.
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