Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Validity and reliability of the N-PASS assessment tool with acute pain.
To establish evidence of clinical validity and reliability of the Neonatal Pain, Agitation, and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) in neonates with acute heelstick pain. ⋯ This research provides beginning evidence that the N-PASS is a valid and reliable tool for assessing acute heelstick pain in infants 0 to 30 days of age, 23 to 40 weeks gestation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A silver-alginate-coated dressing to reduce peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) infections in NICU patients: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Our aim was to evaluate the safety of a silver-alginate-containing dressing to reduce peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) infections in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients. ⋯ This pilot trial suggests that silver-alginate-coated dressings are skin safe and their inclusion in future trials aimed at reduction of PICC-associated bloodstream infections in the NICU should be considered.