Pain Relief of Newborn Preterm Infants During Endotracheal Suctioning

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Evaluate the effectiveness of the use of a 24% sucrose solution for pain management of preterm infants during endotracheal suctioning.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• preterm infants

• over 12 hours of life

• intubated

• clinically stable

• without use of analgesics or sedatives

Exclusion Criteria:

• preterms with congenital malformations

• preterms with genetic syndromes

• preterms with Apgar score at 5´<7

• preterms with meningitis

• preterms with diagnosed of necrotizing enterocolitis Ouvir Ler foneticamente