Oral Sucrose Administration for Minor Procedural Pain
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Category:
Pain Treatment - Non-pharmacologic, Pain Treatment - Pharmacologic.
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Age Range:
Age 0-12m (Infant).
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Tags:
Comfort, Injections, Needle pokes, Neonate, Procedures, Sucrose.
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Type of Document:
Education for Professionals, Medication Guideline, Nursing Guideline, Treatment Guideline.
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Type of Pain:
Procedural.
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Author:
IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS
When a painful procedure is required it is critical to partner with the infant’s parents. Sucrose has been
demonstrated to provide pain relief for minor procedural pain for infants less than or equal to
12 months.