Sedoanalgesia en las unidades neonatales
- María Gracia Espinosa Fernández
- Noelia González-Pacheco
- María Dolores Sánchez-Redondo
- María Cernada
- Ana Martín
- Alejandro Pérez-Muñuzuri
- Hector Boix
- María L.Couce
ISSN: 1695-4033, 1696-4608
Ano de publicación: 2021
Volume: 95
Número: 2
Páxinas: 126-126
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Anales de Pediatría: Publicación Oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría ( AEP )
Resumo
Pain recognition and management continues to be a challenge for health professionals in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. They are routinely exposed to repeated painful experiences with demonstrated short- and long-term consequences. Preterm babies are a vulnerable high-risk population. Despite international recommendations, pain remains poorly assessed and managed in many Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Due to there being no general protocol, there is significant variability as regards the guidelines for the approach and treatment of pain between the different Neonatal Intensive Care Units. The objective of this article is to review and assess the general principles of pain in the initial stages of development, its recognition through the use of standardised scales. It also includes its prevention and management with the combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures, as well as to establish recommendations that help alleviate pain in daily clinical practice by optimising pain and stress control in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units.