Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Mar 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialLingual sucrose reduces the pain response to nasogastric tube insertion: a randomised clinical trial.
To determine whether lingual sucrose modifies the pain response to nasogastric tube insertion in preterm infants. ⋯ Nasogastric tube insertion induces a pain response comparable with previously reported responses to heel lance in neonates. Single-dose lingual 24% sucrose is effective in reducing the behavioural and physiological pain response to nasogastric tube insertion in preterm infants and it appears to be safe.