OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of two pediatric venipuncture distress-management distraction strategies that differed in the degree to which they required children's interaction. METHODS Eighty-eight 1- to 7-year-old children receiving venipuncture were randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions: interactive toy distraction, passive movie distraction, or standard care. Distress ...

Objectives: Phlebotomy and venous cannulation are common, technically challenging and potentially distressing procedures in pediatrics. The aim of this pilot study was to assess whether a novel medical equipment holder could be a useful adjunct for venipuncture in children. Methods: Doctors and nurses at a district general hospital were asked to analyze the portable medical equipment holder and...

OBJECTIVE To determine the analgesic effect and tolerability of a novel needle-free powder lidocaine delivery system in children undergoing venipuncture. STUDY DESIGN In this double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-center trial, 306 children age 3 to 18 years were randomized to receive a needle-free powder lidocaine delivery system or matching sham placebo at the back of the hand 2 to 3 minu...

A patient with a documented history of 2 asystolic episodes associated with venipuncture demonstrates the profound cardioinhibitory effects that vasovagal reactions to blood and injury ("blood-injury phobia") can produce. In approaching a patient with blood-injury phobia, the clinician should place the patient in the Trendelenburg position, apply a cardiac monitor, administer oxygen, and consid...

Background: Pain has physiological and psychological effects on a child's life and various body systems. Tactile stimulation affects the central nervous system and releases analgesic drugs resulting in the inhibition of pain. Aim: The main purpose of this study was effect of touch on the intensity and duration of pain during venipuncture in school-age children. Methods: This clinical trial was ...

Hospitalization is stressful condition for children of all age groups. Venipuncture one the common painful procedures performed in hospital. Inserting intravenous catheter most and frequent acts hospitals, express this method as violent course treatment. The present study attempts to assess effectiveness virtual reality on pain during venipuncture among preschool at selected hospital Chennai. M...

conclusions the results of this study indicate that there is no meaningful difference between swaddling and kmc on physiological indexes and pain in neonates. therefore, the swaddling method may be a good substitute for kmc. results the findings revealed that pain was reduced to a great extent in the swaddling and kmc methods compared to the control group. however, there was no significant diff...