Specific Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program movements are associated with acute pain in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Liisa Holsti, Ruth E Grunau, Tim F Oberlander, Michael F Whitfield

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Abstract

The Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) is widely used in neonatal intensive care units and comprises 85 discrete infant behaviors, some of which may communicate infant distress. The objective of this study was to identify developmentally relevant movements indicative of pain in preterm infants.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-72
Number of pages8
JournalPediatrics
Volume114
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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