Sensitivity and Specificity of the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation Index in Pain Assessment of Very Low Birth Weight Infants.

José Uberos FernándezAna Campos-MartinezAida Ruiz-LópezElizabeth Fernandez-MarínJose Luis García-Serrano

Published in: American journal of perinatology (2022)

· The NIPE index offers an objective assessment of pain.. · Moderate-high sensitivity of the NIPE index in the evaluation of pain in premature newborns.. · Painful procedures in VLBW newborns are reflected as a decrease in the NIPE score..

Keyphrases

low birth weight
chronic pain
preterm infants
pain management
neuropathic pain
human milk
preterm birth
pregnant women
gestational age
spinal cord injury
heart rate variability
cord blood
postoperative pain