Tayseer Jamal Afifi Author

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N-PASS Versus mPAT In Assessment and Management of Neonatal Pain at Neonatal ICUs in Palestine

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Tayseer Jamal Afifi

Pain is now considered by many international pain societies
to be the fifth vital sign. The need to assess and
treat neonatal pain has been increasingly appreciated.
So, proper assessment of pain is essential to allow safe
and compassionate care of infants in the neonatal intensive
care unit (NICU). The is the first national Palestinian
study that involved 850 neonates at five NICUs in
Gaza Strip and eight NICUs in West Bank. The study
was in the year 2018 from August 15th to November 1st.
Among the 850 observed neonates, 68% were males and
the mean age was 9 days. Most of neonates were admitted
within the first 24-hours of life primarily due to prematurity.
Exposure to painful procedures was assessed by... view more»

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