Neonatal Pain Suffering, Pain, and Risk of Brain Damage in the Fetus and Newborn

Neonatal Pain Suffering, Pain, and Risk of Brain Damage in the Fetus and Newborn / edited by Giuseppe Buonocore, Carlo V. Bellieni.

Until the 1980s it was denied that fetuses and neonates feel pain. With the advent of a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology and new diagnostic tools, the last 30 years have seen great developments in this field, but the treatment of neonatal and fetal pain is still a controversial issue and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Buonocore, Giuseppe (Editor), Bellieni, Carlo V. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Pediatrics.
Pain medicine.
Gynecology .
Obstetrics.
Neurology .
Medical ethics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Pain and Suffering from the Womb Onwards?
  • Introduction: Pain and Suffering from the Womb Onwards?
  • Delivery and Pain
  • Gonadal Hormones and Pain Modulation
  • Stress and Pregnancy: CRF as Biochemical Marker
  • Pain Control During Labour
  • Fetal Pain
  • Ultrasound and Fetal Stress: Study of the Fetal Blink-Startle Reflex Evoked by Acoustic Stimuli
  • Prenatal Affective Exchanges and Their Subsequent Effects in Postnatal Life
  • Pain in the Fetus
  • New Insights into Prenatal Stress: Immediate and Long-Term Effects on the Fetus and Their Timing
  • Neonatal Pain
  • Pain Assessment and Spectral Analysis of Neonatal Crying
  • Analgesic Procedures in Newborns
  • Nonpharmacological Treatment of Neonatal Pain
  • Sensory Saturation: An Analgesic Method
  • Pharmacologic Analgesia in the Newborn
  • Physical Stress Risk Agents in Incubators
  • Pain: a Risk Factor for Brain Damage
  • Neonatal Stressors
  • New Insights into Neonatal Hypersensitivity
  • From the Gate-Control Theory to Brain Programs for Neonatal Pain
  • Pain and Communication
  • Disclosure of Pathology to the Newborn’s Family
  • Communication of Diagnosis: Pain and Grief in the Experience of Parents of Children with a Congenital Malformation
  • Invest in Prenatal Life: a High-Yield Stock.

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