Neonatal pain : suffering, pain, and risks of brain damage in the fetus and newborn /

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Imprint:	Milan ; New York : Springer, c2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 169 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Subject:	Pain in infants. Newborn infants. Fetus. Pain -- complications. Pain -- therapy. Brain Damage, Chronic. Fetal Diseases. Infant, Newborn, Diseases. Fetus. Newborn infants. Pain in infants.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8885557

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Other authors / contributors:	Buonocore, Giuseppe. Bellieni, Carlo Valerio.
ISBN:	9788847007321 8847007321 9788847007314 (paper) 8847007313 (paper) 6611216561 9786611216566
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"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 a central topic, not only in specialties directly concerned with it, but also in bioethics. Some important issues are still under investigation. When does pain perception appear? Is it ethical to cure fetal pain? Does fetal pain have consequences for the developing brain? Can a fetus suffer?" "This volume aims to give an overview of current knowledge in the field. An international team of specialists has been assembled to evaluate neonatal and fetal pain from various points of view - neurological, pediatric, gynecological, anesthesiological - and with regard to possible consequences of pain (including psychological) for the brain." "This book will be a resource for neonatologists, and other professionals involved in this field, and for postgraduate students in all disciplines."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Neonatal pain. Milan ; New York : Springer, c2008 9788847007314 8847007313

Table of Contents:

Front Matter; Introduction: Pain and Suffering from the Womb Onwards?; Gonadal Hormones and Pain Modulation; Stress and Pregnancy: CRF as Biochemical Marker; Pain Control During Labour; 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; 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; Neonatal Stressors; New Insights into Neonatal Hypersensitivity; From the Gate-Control Theory to Brain Programs for Neonatal Pain; 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; Back Matter.

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