Despite accumulating evidence that procedural pain experienced by newborn infants may
have acute and even long‐term detrimental effects on their subsequent behaviour and …

The risk that abortion may be correlated with subsequent mental disorders needs a careful
assessment, in order to offer women full information when facing a difficult pregnancy. All …

In humans, painful stimuli can arrive to the brain at 20–22 weeks of gestation. Therefore
several researchers have devoted their efforts to study fetal analgesia during prenatal …

Many attempts have been made to obtain safe and effective analgesia in newborns. Oral
glucose-water has been found to have analgesic properties in neonates. We investigated …

Aims: To assess the analgesic effect of passive or active distraction during venipuncture in
children. Methods: We studied 69 children aged 7–12 years undergoing venipuncture. The …

Background: This study assessed current medical practice in preventative analgesia and
sedation for invasive procedures in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) in Italy. Methods: A …

Pain is traumatic for preterm infants and can damage their CNS. We wanted to assess
whether multisensorial stimulation can be analgesic and whether this effect is only due to …

Aim Sensorial saturation (SS) is a procedure in which touch, massage, taste, voice, smell,
and sight compete with pain, producing almost complete analgesia during heel prick in …

In western countries we assist at the paradox that fertility is socially discouraged by a
mindset that depicts fertility as a resource to exploit as late as possible. So, couples have …

The purpose of this study was to assess differences in sound spectra of crying of term
newborns in relation to different pain levels. Fifty-seven consecutively born neonates were …