Does anyone use neonatal pain assessment?

Krishna Kumar Govindarajan @Krishna_Govindarajan

04 April 2014 1 8K Report

Neonatal pain is recognized to alter stress hormone levels and in turn influences neural development.

Krishna Kumar Govindarajan

Dr Saad, have you been using NIPS for long ? Any comparative study was used before narrowing onto NIPS ?

Also, any experience with other tools like PAT (from Royal Childrens' Hospital, Melbourne) ?

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