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Table 6 Non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions during invasive painful procedure

From: Current practices in neonatal pain management: a decade after the last Italian survey

Procedure

NPA

PhA

None

Pain Assessment

Heel Prick (a364)

356 (97.8%)

 = 

8 (2.2%)

223 (61.3%)

Heel Prick (b228)

220 (96.5%)

 = 

8 (3.5%)

107 (46.9%)

Intramuscular injection (a195)

144 (73.8%)

 = 

51 (26.2%)

81 (41.5%)

Intramuscular injection (b165)

116 (70.3%)

 = 

49 (29.7%)

61 (36.9%)

ECC positioning (a298)

274 (91.9%)

129 (37.7%)

24 (8.1%)

149 (43.8%)

Laryngoscopy (a314)

 = 

236 (77.1%)

70 (22.9%)

106 (34.0%)

Mechanical Ventilation (a297)

167 (56.2%)

237 (81.7%)

NPA130(44.4%)

PhA 53 (18.3%)

202 (68.0%)

Non-Invasive Ventilation (a277)

238 (85.9%)

47 (17.1%)

NPA 39 (14.1%)

PhA 228(82.9%)

180 (64.9%)

  1. NPA Non -pharmacological analgesia, PhA Pharmacological analgesia
  2. aNICU
  3. bNursery