Study of pain response in neonates during venipuncture with a view to analyse utility of topical anaesthetic agent for alleviating pain.
BACKGROUND: Neonates being nonverbal are unable to express their pain leading to underestimation of their pain and hence insufficient pain relief. Neonatal pain is assessed by pain scales based on the behavioural and physiological changes that occur in response to painful stimuli. This cross sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care centre using Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) score with 4% lidocaine as local anaesthetic agent to produce surface anaesthesia of skin prior to intravenous cannulation. METHODS: Sample size was collected by simple randomisation method. Our study groups
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