Pain
Conditions
Keywords
sucrose, sucking, pain relief, infant, require venous puncture
Brief summary
Sucking and sucrose have been shown to reduce pain during venous puncture in neonates. Our study is designed to see if sucking and sucrose relieve pain during venous puncture in infants age 3-12 months.
Detailed description
100 infants age 3-12 months old without neurologic, developmental or cardio-respiratory impairment, needing venous puncture for IV access, or blood aspiration, will be randomly assigned to one of 2 groups - with or without pacifier. During the puncture, each patient with pacifier will receive either 1 cc of water or 1 cc of sucrose (the solutions prepared and marked blindly) . Each patient without pacifier 2 will receive 1 cc of water without pacifier,will receive either 1 cc of water or 1 cc of sucrose (the solutions prepared and marked blindly). FLACC pain score will be used for apin assessment before, during and after the puncture.Comparison of the four groups will be done after the end of the study.
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTsucrose
1 cc of sucrose 33.5% with or without pacifier
Sponsors
Rabin Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Months to 12 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* age 3-12 months * hospitalized in pediatric ward B * need venous puncture
Exclusion criteria
* neurological deficit * developmental delay * Cyanotic heart disease * symptomatic respiratory disease * known problematic venous access
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| reduced pain scoring | 10 minutes |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| better Parent's scoring to the child's behavior | 10 minutes |
Countries
Israel
Contacts
Primary ContactVered Hofer, MD
Backup ContactRachel Efrat, MD
Outcome results
None listed