Behavioral Indicators of Infant Pain (BIIP)
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Category:
Pain Assessment.
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Age Range:
Age 0-12m (Infant).
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Tags:
Neonate, NICU.
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Type of Document:
Pain Assessment Protocol.
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Type of Pain:
Critical care, Procedural.
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Author:
British Columbia Children's Hospital
The BIIP scale was developed specifically for the NICU population and is a reliable and validated
assessment tool for measuring acute pain in preterm and term infants. Research shows that infants
born as early as 25 weeks gestational age (GA) show activation of the somatosensory cortex
in response to painful procedures.