Exploring the Association Between Pain Intensity and Facial Display in Term Newborns

Martin Schiavenato; Meggan Butler-O’Hara; Paul Scovanner

doi:10.1155/2011/873103

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2011)

Exploring the Association Between Pain Intensity and Facial Display in Term Newborns

Martin Schiavenato,
Meggan Butler-O’Hara,
Paul Scovanner

Affiliations

Martin Schiavenato: University of Rochester School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
Meggan Butler-O’Hara: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
Paul Scovanner: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/873103
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 10 – 12

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Facial expression is widely used to judge pain in neonates. However, little is known about the relationship between intensity of the painful stimulus and the nature of the expression in term neonates.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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