Heel stick test for obtaining blood samples in neonates: both swaddling and heel warming may help, but heel warming appears to provide greater pain reduction

Evid Based Nurs. 2015 Oct;18(4):118. doi: 10.1136/eb-2014-102048. Epub 2015 Apr 16.
No abstract available

Keywords: NEONATOLOGY; PAIN MANAGEMENT.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Blood Specimen Collection / methods*
  • Female
  • Heel*
  • Hot Temperature*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pain / prevention & control*
  • Punctures / adverse effects*
  • Therapeutic Touch*