Effect of suckling on the peripheral sensitivity of full-term newborn infants.
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
; 92(2): F130-1, 2007 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-17337659
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Sucking may reduce the manifestations of pain in newborn infants.OBJECTIVE:
To examine the effect of suckling on the threshold for peripheral somatosensory responses. SUBJECTS ANDMETHODS:
Graded Von Frey filaments were applied to the heel to initiate peripheral somatosensory responses (withdrawal reflex and gross body movements) in term infants.RESULTS:
Dummy sucking increases the somatosensory threshold, but breast feeding had a more marked effect, increasing the threshold of the flexion withdrawal reflex (pCONCLUSION:
Peripheral sensitivity of newborn infants is considerably reduced during sucking, particularly at the breast.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento de Sucção
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Recém-Nascido
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Limiar da Dor
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article