Nasopharyngeal suctioning is a painful procedure that often becomes necessary in the care of preterm infants under CPAP therapy several times a day. Since the use of analgetic and sedative drugs is accompanied with multiple side effects these are usually being avoided. Glucose 20% has been shown to have an analgesic effect when administered to preterm infants previous to some painful procedures (i.e blood sampling). In this clinical trial the efficacy of orally administered Glucose 20% for relieving the procedural pain of nasopharyngeal suctioning is tested. The investigators' study has a cross-over design and is to include 40 patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
40
The oral application of 0,3 ml/kg Glucose 20% 3 minutes before nasopharyngeal suctioning
The oral application of 0,3 ml/kg Aqua 3 minutes before nasopharyngeal suctioning
Neonatology, Children's Hospital, University of Cologne
Cologne, Germany
RECRUITINGThe PIPP-Score, a validated pain-score, is used to measure the patient's pain
Time frame: during nasopharyngeal suctioning
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