Acta paediatrica
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Oral sucrose and non-nutritive sucking goes some way to reducing pain during retinopathy of prematurity eye examinations.
To evaluate the efficacy of oral sucrose combined with non-nutritive sucking for reducing pain associated with retinopathy of prematurity screening. ⋯ Although sucrose combined with non-nutritive sucking modestly reduces pain scores during eye examinations, there is need to further studies to explore significant pain relief for infants undergoing retinopathy of prematurity screening.