March 2009. Volume 5. Number 1

Near infrared spectrometry, a technique in the assessment of pain in infants

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Slater R, Cantarella A, Franck L, Meek J, Fitzgerald M. How well do clinical pain assessment tools reflect pain in infants? PloS Med. 2008;5:e129
Reviewers: Aparicio Sánchez JL1, Bernaola Aponte G2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital General de Lanzarote. Gran Canaria. España.
2Máster en Epidemiología Clínica. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Suárez Angamos. Lima. Perú.
Correspondence: José Luis Aparicio Sánchez. Email: japaricio1970@gmail.com
Reception date: //1031
Acceptance date: 30/01/2009
Publication date: 31/01/2009

Abstract

Authors' conclusions: changes in brain activity in response to a painful stimulus is good related to the PIPP scores but we must be careful. It must be kept in mind that about 1 in 3 painful stimulus do not cause any behavior change.

Reviewers' comantary: clinical pain tools are useful in the assessment of the neonatal pain but their utility could be improved by combining them with other tools as Near Infrared Spectroscopy.

How to cite this article

Aparicio Sánchez JL, Bernaola Aponte G. La espectrometría de infrarrojos cercanos como técnica complementaria para valorar el dolor en neonatos. Evid Pediatr. 2009;5:9.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Slater R, Cantarella A, Franck L, Meek J, Fitzgerald M. How well do clinical pain assessment tools reflect pain in infants? PloS Med. 2008;5:e129
Reviewers: Aparicio Sánchez JL1, Bernaola Aponte G2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital General de Lanzarote. Gran Canaria. España.
2Máster en Epidemiología Clínica. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Suárez Angamos. Lima. Perú.
Correspondence: José Luis Aparicio Sánchez. Email: japaricio1970@gmail.com
Reception date: //1031
Acceptance date: 30/01/2009
Publication date: 31/01/2009

How to cite this article

Aparicio Sánchez JL, Bernaola Aponte G. La espectrometría de infrarrojos cercanos como técnica complementaria para valorar el dolor en neonatos. Evid Pediatr. 2009;5:9.

References

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  2. Logothetis NK, Pauls J, Augath M, Trinath T, Oeltermann A. Neurophysiological investigation of he basis of the fMRI signal. Nature. 2001;412:150-7.
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