The potential of a research project about the epidemiology of painful procedures in neonates involving audit, feedback and benchmarking of current practices, to improve the quality of pain management.
Frequency of painful procedures, analgesia practices and related factors in neonates across neonatal intensive care units of Portugal.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Procedural pain in neonates has been a concern in the last two decades. The purpose of this review was to provide a critical appraisal and a synthesis of the published epidemiological studies about procedural pain in neonates admitted to intensive care units. The aims were to determine the frequency of painful procedures and pain management interventions as well as to identify their pr...