Venipuncture Is More Effective and Less Painful Than Heel Lancing for Blood Tests in Neonates
Venipuncture Is More Effective and Less Painful Than Heel Lancing for Blood Tests in Neonates
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Elk Grove Village, IL: Am Acad Pediatrics
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Elk Grove Village, IL: Am Acad Pediatrics
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Heel lancing has hitherto been the method of choice for screening tests of inborn errors of metabolism in neonates. Eutectic mixture of local anesthetic has little, if any, analgesic effect when applied to the heel of pre- and full-term infants. Today there seems to be no practical method that effectively alleviates the pain caused by heel lancing....
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Venipuncture Is More Effective and Less Painful Than Heel Lancing for Blood Tests in Neonates
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_swepub_ki_se_435056
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_swepub_ki_se_435056
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0031-4005
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1098-4275
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10.1542/peds.101.5.882
