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Clinical Trial
. 1999 Mar;80(2):F146-7.
doi: 10.1136/fn.80.2.f146.

"Sucrose analgesia": absorptive mechanism or taste perception?

L A Ramenghi  1 , D J Evans, M I Levene
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Clinical Trial

"Sucrose analgesia": absorptive mechanism or taste perception?

L A Ramenghi et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 1999 Mar.

Abstract

It remains unclear whether "sucrose analgesia" is related to a pre- or postabsorptive mechanism. In a double blind cross over study sucrose reduced the pain response of preterm infants exposed to heel prick blood samples only when it was administered into the mouth. It was ineffective when administered intragastrically.

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