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Logashkin A, Silaeva V, Mamleev A, Shumkova V, Sitdikova V, Popova Y, Suchkov D, Minlebaev M. Dexmedetomidine as a Short-Use Analgesia for the Immature Nervous System. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:6385. [PMID: 38928091 PMCID: PMC11204225 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25126385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Pain management in neonates continues to be a challenge. Diverse therapies are available that cause loss of pain sensitivity. However, because of side effects, the search for better options remains open. Dexmedetomidine is a promising drug; it has shown high efficacy with a good safety profile in sedation and analgesia in the immature nervous system. Though dexmedetomidine is already in use for pain control in neonates (including premature neonates) and infants as an adjunct to other anesthetics, the question remains whether it affects the neuronal activity patterning that is critical for development of the immature nervous system. In this study, using the neonatal rat as a model, the pharmacodynamic effects of dexmedetomidine on the nervous and cardiorespiratory systems were studied. Our results showed that dexmedetomidine has pronounced analgesic effects in the neonatal rat pups, and also weakly modified both the immature network patterns of cortical and hippocampal activity and the physiology of sleep cycles. Though the respiration and heart rates were slightly reduced after dexmedetomidine administration, it might be considered as the preferential independent short-term therapy for pain management in the immature and developing brain.
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- Anatoliy Logashkin
- Laboratory of New Engineering Solutions for Modern Laboratory Research, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (A.L.)
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- Laboratory of New Engineering Solutions for Modern Laboratory Research, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (A.L.)
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- Laboratory of New Engineering Solutions for Modern Laboratory Research, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (A.L.)
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- Laboratory of New Engineering Solutions for Modern Laboratory Research, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (A.L.)
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- Laboratory of New Engineering Solutions for Modern Laboratory Research, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (A.L.)
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- Laboratory of New Engineering Solutions for Modern Laboratory Research, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (A.L.)
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- Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée (INMED U1249), Aix-Marseille University, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of New Engineering Solutions for Modern Laboratory Research, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia; (A.L.)
- Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée (INMED U1249), Aix-Marseille University, 13273 Marseille, France
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Di Lorenzo-Klas MG, Waxman JA, Flora DB, Schmidt LA, Garfield H, Flanders D, Weinberg E, Savlov D, Pillai Riddell RR. Distinct trajectories of caregiver-toddler physiological attunement during routine vaccinations. Pain Rep 2023; 8:e1077. [PMID: 37731475 PMCID: PMC10508426 DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000001077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Introduction Toddlers rely on their caregivers for regulatory support when faced with pain-related distress. The caregiver's ability to support their toddler relies on their capacity to regulate their own distress and respond effectively to the child's need for support. The aim of the current study was to describe patterns of caregiver-toddler physiological co-regulatory patterns, also known as attunement, during routine vaccinations across the second year of life. Methods Caregiver-toddler dyads (N = 189) were part of a longitudinal cohort observed at either 12-, 18-, or 24-month well-baby vaccinations. Parallel-process growth-mixture modeling was used to examine patterns of dyadic physiological co-regulatory responses, indexed by high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV). Results Three groups of dyads were discerned. The largest group (approximately 80%) demonstrated physiological attunement, with a stable and parallel regulatory pattern of HF-HRV from baseline to postneedle. The second group (7.9%) had parallel regulatory trajectories but with notably lower (ie, less regulated) HF-HRV values, which indicates independent regulatory responses (ie, a lack of attunement among dyad members). The third group (11.1%) showed diverging regulatory trajectories: Caregivers showed a stable regulatory trajectory, but toddlers demonstrated a steep decrease followed by an increase in HF-HRV values that surpassed their baseline levels by the third minute postneedle. Post hoc analyses with the HF-HRV groupings explored heart rate patterns and potential predictors. Conclusions These findings elucidate potential adaptive and maladaptive co-regulatory parasympathetic patterns in an acute pain context.
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
- University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
- University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Rupawala M, Bucsea O, Laudiano-Dray MP, Whitehead K, Meek J, Fitzgerald M, Olhede S, Jones L, Fabrizi L. A developmental shift in habituation to pain in human neonates. Curr Biol 2023; 33:1397-1406.e5. [PMID: 36931271 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Habituation to recurrent non-threatening or unavoidable noxious stimuli is an important aspect of adaptation to pain. Neonates, especially if preterm, are exposed to repeated noxious procedures during their clinical care. They can mount strong behavioral, autonomic, spinal, and cortical responses to a single noxious stimulus; however, it is not known whether the developing nervous system can adapt to the recurrence of these inputs. Here, we used electroencephalography to investigate changes in cortical microstates (representing the complex sequential processing of noxious inputs) following two consecutive clinically required heel lances in term and preterm infants. We show that stimulus repetition dampens the engagement of initial microstates and associated behavioral and autonomic responses in term infants, while preterm infants do not show signs of habituation. Nevertheless, both groups engage different longer-latency cortical microstates to each lance, which is likely to reflect changes in higher-level stimulus processing with repeated stimulation. These data suggest that while both age groups are capable of encoding contextual differences in pain, the preterm brain does not regulate the initial cortical, behavioral, and autonomic responses to repeated noxious stimuli. Habituation mechanisms to pain are already in place at term age but mature over the equivalent of the last trimester of gestation and are not fully functional in preterm neonates.
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- Mohammed Rupawala
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Faculty of Health, Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Obstetric Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E 6DB, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Statistical Science, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Institute of Mathematics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Preliminary study: quantification of chronic pain from physiological data. Pain Rep 2022; 7:e1039. [PMID: 36213596 PMCID: PMC9534370 DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000001039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. Preliminary evidence suggests that physiological variables collected with our low-cost pain meter are correlated with chronic pain, both for individuals and populations. Introduction: It is unknown if physiological changes associated with chronic pain could be measured with inexpensive physiological sensors. Recently, acute pain and laboratory-induced pain have been quantified with physiological sensors. Objectives: To investigate the extent to which chronic pain can be quantified with physiological sensors. Methods: Data were collected from chronic pain sufferers who subjectively rated their pain on a 0 to 10 visual analogue scale, using our recently developed pain meter. Physiological variables, including pulse, temperature, and motion signals, were measured at head, neck, wrist, and finger with multiple sensors. To quantify pain, features were first extracted from 10-second windows. Linear models with recursive feature elimination were fit for each subject. A random forest regression model was used for pain score prediction for the population-level model. Results: Predictive performance was assessed using leave-one-recording-out cross-validation and nonparametric permutation testing. For individual-level models, 5 of 12 subjects yielded intraclass correlation coefficients between actual and predicted pain scores of 0.46 to 0.75. For the population-level model, the random forest method yielded an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.58. Bland–Altman analysis shows that our model tends to overestimate the lower end of the pain scores and underestimate the higher end. Conclusion: This is the first demonstration that physiological data can be correlated with chronic pain, both for individuals and populations. Further research and more extensive data will be required to assess whether this approach could be used as a “chronic pain meter” to assess the level of chronic pain in patients.
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van der Vaart M, Hartley C, Baxter L, Mellado GS, Andritsou F, Cobo MM, Fry RE, Adams E, Fitzgibbon S, Slater R. Premature Infants Display Discriminable Behavioral, Physiological, and Brain Responses to Noxious and Nonnoxious Stimuli. Cereb Cortex 2021; 32:3799-3815. [PMID: 34958675 PMCID: PMC9433423 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pain assessment in preterm infants is challenging as behavioral, autonomic, and neurophysiological measures of pain are reported to be less sensitive and specific than in term infants. Understanding the pattern of preterm infants’ noxious-evoked responses is vital to improve pain assessment in this group. This study investigated the discriminability and development of multimodal noxious-evoked responses in infants aged 28–40 weeks postmenstrual age. A classifier was trained to discriminate responses to a noxious heel lance from a nonnoxious control in 47 infants, using measures of facial expression, brain activity, heart rate, and limb withdrawal, and tested in two independent cohorts with a total of 97 infants. The model discriminates responses to the noxious from the nonnoxious procedure with an overall accuracy of 0.76–0.84 and an accuracy of 0.78–0.79 in the 28–31-week group. Noxious-evoked responses have distinct developmental patterns. Heart rate responses increase in magnitude with age, while noxious-evoked brain activity undergoes three distinct developmental stages, including a previously unreported transitory stage consisting of a negative event-related potential between 30 and 33 weeks postmenstrual age. These findings demonstrate that while noxious-evoked responses change across early development, infant responses to noxious and nonnoxious stimuli are discriminable in prematurity.
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.,Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito EC170901, Ecuador
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Newborn Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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Breastmilk as a Multisensory Intervention for Relieving Pain during Newborn Screening Procedures: A Randomized Control Trial. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph182413023. [PMID: 34948633 PMCID: PMC8701293 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182413023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The study aim was to explore the effects of multisensory breastmilk interventions on short-term pain of infants during newborn screening. This is a randomized controlled trial. A total of 120 newborns were recruited and assigned by randomization to one of three treatment conditions: Condition 1 = routine care (gentle touch + verbal comfort); Condition 2 = breastmilk odor + routine care; or Condition 3 = breastmilk odor + taste + routine care. Pain was scored with the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS). Data were collected from video recordings at 1 min intervals over the 11 phases of heel sticks: phase 1, 5 min before heel stick without stimuli (baseline); phase 2 to phase 6 (during heel stick); and phase 7 to phase 11 (recovery). Generalized estimating equations compared differences in pain scores for newborns over phases among the three conditions. Compared with the routine care, provision of the odor and taste of breastmilk reduce NIPS scores during heel sticks (B = −4.36, SE = 0.45, p < 0.001 [phase6]), and during recovery (B = −3.29, SE = 0.42, p < 0.001 [phase7]). Our findings provide new data, which supports the use of multisensory interventions that include breastmilk odor and taste in combination with gentle touch and verbal comfort to relieve pain in infants undergoing newborn screening.
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Walas W, Halaba Z, Latka-Grot J, Piotrowski A. Available Instruments to Assess Pain in Infants. Neoreviews 2021; 22:e644-e652. [PMID: 34599062 DOI: 10.1542/neo.22-10-e644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pain assessment in newborns and infants is challenging for clinicians. Although behavioral and behavioral-physiological scales are validated pain assessment instruments, their use in this age group has significant limitations. In this review, we summarize the methods currently available for assessing pain in neonates and infants. It is possible that these pain detection methods are also useful for assessing the quality of anesthesia and analgosedation in these populations. Further research should be aimed at confirming the usefulness of these tools in infants and identifying additional pain assessment options for clinical practice.
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- Wojciech Walas
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Opole, Opole, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Opole, Opole, Poland
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- Neonatal Department, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warszawa, Poland
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An examination of the reciprocal and concurrent relations between behavioral and cardiac indicators of acute pain in toddlerhood. Pain 2021; 161:1518-1531. [PMID: 32107358 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine the concurrent and predictive relations between healthy toddlers' pain behavior and cardiac indicators (ie, heart rate [HR] and respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA]) during routine vaccinations. Caregiver-infant dyads were part of a longitudinal cohort observed during their 12- and 18-month vaccinations. Behavioral and cardiac data were simultaneously collected for 1-minute preneedle and 3-minutes postneedle. Videotapes were coded for pain behaviors (FLACC; Merkel et al., 1997), and cardiac data were analyzed (HR, RSA) during sequential 30-second epochs. Four separate cross-lagged path models were estimated using data from the 12- (n = 147) and 18-month (n = 122) vaccinations. Across 12- and 18-month vaccinations, predictive within-measure relations were consistent for FLACC, HR, and RSA, reflecting good stability of these pain indicators. Behavioral indicators predicted subsequent HR and RSA within the immediate postneedle period. Both baseline behavior and HR/RSA predicted future pain scores. Concurrent residual relations between behavioral and cardiac indicators were inconsistent across time and indicators. Results suggest that behavioral and cardiac indicators reflect unique aspects of the nociceptive response. As such, multimodal assessment tools should be used and contextualized by child age, cardiac indicator, baseline behavior/physiology, and pain phase.
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Gendras J, Lavenant P, Sicard-Cras I, Consigny M, Misery L, Anand KJS, Sizun J, Roué JM. The newborn infant parasympathetic evaluation index for acute procedural pain assessment in preterm infants. Pediatr Res 2021; 89:1840-1847. [PMID: 32961546 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-01152-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Accurate assessments of pain in hospitalized preterm infants present a major challenge in improving the short- and long-term consequences associated with painful experiences. We evaluated the ability of the newborn infant parasympathetic evaluation (NIPE) index to detect acute procedural pain in preterm infants. METHODS Different painful and stressful interventions were prospectively observed in preterm infants born at 25 + 0 to 35 + 6 weeks gestation. Pain responses were measured using the composite Premature Infant Pain Profile Revised (PIPP-R) scale, the NIPE index, and skin conductance responses (SCR). Outcome measures were correlations between the NIPE index, the PIPP-R score, and the SCR. Sensitivity/specificity analyses tested the accuracy of the NIPE index and SCR. RESULTS Two hundred and fifty-four procedures were recorded in 90 preterm infants. No significant correlation was found between PIPP-R and the NIPE index. PIPP-R and SCR were positively correlated (r = 0.27, P < 0.001), with stronger correlations for painful procedures (r = 0.68, P < 0.001) and especially for skin-breaking procedures (r = 0.82, P < 0.001). The NIPE index and SCR had high sensitivity and high negative predictive values to predict PIPP-R > 10, especially for skin-breaking painful procedures. CONCLUSIONS We found no significant correlation between the NIPE index and PIPP-R during routine painful or stressful procedures in preterm infants. IMPACT Exposure to repetitive pain can lead to neurodevelopmental sequelae. Behavior-based pain scales have limited clinical utility, especially for preterm infants. New devices for monitoring physiological responses to pain have not been validated sufficiently in preterm infants. This study found that the NIPE index was not significantly correlated to the validated PIPP-R scale during acute procedural pain. Secondary analysis of this study showed that NIPE index and SCRs may help to exclude severe pain in preterm infants. In clinical practice, measurements of physiological parameters should be combined with behavior-based scales for multidimensional pain assessments.
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- Julie Gendras
- Pôle de Femme, de la Mère et de l'Enfant, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France.,Laboratoire Interactions Epithéliums Neurones, EA 4685, Faculté de médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, 29200, France
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- Pôle de Femme, de la Mère et de l'Enfant, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France.,Laboratoire Interactions Epithéliums Neurones, EA 4685, Faculté de médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, 29200, France
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- Pôle de Femme, de la Mère et de l'Enfant, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France.,Laboratoire Interactions Epithéliums Neurones, EA 4685, Faculté de médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, 29200, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique 0502, Inserm, Brest, 29200, France
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- Laboratoire Interactions Epithéliums Neurones, EA 4685, Faculté de médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, 29200, France
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- Pain/Stress Neurobiology Lab, Maternal and Child Health Research Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Pôle de Femme, de la Mère et de l'Enfant, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France.,Laboratoire Interactions Epithéliums Neurones, EA 4685, Faculté de médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, 29200, France
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- Pôle de Femme, de la Mère et de l'Enfant, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Brest, France. .,Laboratoire Interactions Epithéliums Neurones, EA 4685, Faculté de médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, 29200, France. .,Pain/Stress Neurobiology Lab, Maternal and Child Health Research Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
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"Babywearing" in the NICU: An Intervention for Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Adv Neonatal Care 2020; 20:440-449. [PMID: 33009160 DOI: 10.1097/anc.0000000000000788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The US opioid epidemic has resulted in an increase of infants at risk for developing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Traditionally, treatment has consisted of pharmacological interventions to reduce symptoms of withdrawal. However, nonpharmacological interventions (eg, skin-to-skin contact, holding) can also be effective in managing the distress associated with NAS. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine whether infant carrying or "babywearing" (ie, holding an infant on one's body using cloth) can reduce distress associated with NAS among infants and caregivers. METHODS Heart rate was measured in infants and adults (parents vs other adults) in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) pre- (no touching), mid- (20 minutes into being worn in a carrier), and post-babywearing (5 minutes later). RESULTS Using a 3-level hierarchical linear model at 3 time points (pre, mid, and post), we found that babywearing decreased infant and caregiver heart rates. Across a 30-minute period, heart rates of infants worn by parents decreased by 15 beats per minute (bpm) compared with 5.5 bpm for infants worn by an unfamiliar adult, and those of adults decreased by 7 bpm (parents) and nearly 3 bpm (unfamiliar adult). IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Results from this study suggest that babywearing is a noninvasive and accessible intervention that can provide comfort for infants diagnosed with NAS. Babywearing can be inexpensive, support parenting, and be done by nonparent caregivers (eg, nurses, volunteers). IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH Close physical contact, by way of babywearing, may improve outcomes in infants with NAS in NICUs and possibly reduce the need for pharmacological treatment.See the video abstract for a digital summary of the study. VIDEO ABSTRACT AVAILABLE AT:.
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Waxman JA, DiLorenzo MG, Pillai Riddell RR, Flora DB, Schmidt LA, Garfield H, Flanders D, Weinberg E, Savlov D. Investigating convergence of cardiac and behavioral indicators of distress during routine vaccinations over the second year of life. Dev Psychobiol 2020; 63:437-451. [PMID: 33043441 DOI: 10.1002/dev.22034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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There is considerable variability regarding the convergence between behavioral and biological aspects of distress responses in toddlerhood, and little research has investigated the convergence of these measures in high distress. The aim of the current study was to describe patterns of distress responses to vaccinations as indexed by both pain-related behavioral distress and heart rate (HR) at 12 and 18 months. Caregiver-toddler dyads were part of an ongoing longitudinal cohort observed during 12- (N = 158) and 18-month (N = 122) well-baby vaccinations. Parallel-process growth mixture models discerned two distinct groups at 12 months and three distinct groups at 18 months. All groups had comparable pain-related behavioral distress and HR responses post-vaccination, with most participants displaying high arousal and regulation to baseline levels following the vaccination. However, at 18 months, an important minority had a blunted response or did not regulate to a low level of distress by 3 min post-needle. Post hoc analyses revealed that higher baseline pain-related behavioral distress predicted membership in the majority groups at 12 and 18 months. These results highlight the developmental differences and variability in behavioral and cardiac indicators of distress regulation across the second year of life.
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- York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.,The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Jones L, Laudiano-Dray MP, Whitehead K, Meek J, Fitzgerald M, Fabrizi L, Pillai Riddell R. The impact of parental contact upon cortical noxious-related activity in human neonates. Eur J Pain 2020; 25:149-159. [PMID: 32965725 PMCID: PMC8436758 DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neonates display strong behavioural, physiological and cortical responses to tissue-damaging procedures. Parental contact can successfully regulate general behavioural and physiological reactivity of the infant, but it is not known whether it can influence noxious-related activity in the brain. Brain activity is highly dependent upon maternal presence in animal models, and therefore this could be an important contextual factor in human infant pain-related brain activity. METHODS Global topographic analysis was used to identify the presence and inter-group differences in noxious-related activity in three separate parental contexts. EEG was recorded during a clinically required heel lance in three age and sex-matched groups of neonates (a) while held by a parent in skin-to-skin (n = 9), (b) while held by a parent with clothing (n = 9) or (c) not held at all, but in individualized care (n = 9). RESULTS The lance elicited a sequence of 4-5 event-related potentials (ERPs), including the noxious ERP (nERP), which was smallest for infants held skin-to-skin and largest for infants held with clothing (p=0.016). The nERP was then followed by additional and divergent long-latency ERPs (> 750 ms post-lance), not previously described, in each of the groups, suggesting the engagement of different higher level cortical processes depending on parental contact. CONCLUSIONS These results show the importance of considering contextual factors in determining infant brain activity and reveal the powerful influence of parental contact upon noxious-related activity across the developing human brain. SIGNIFICANCE This observational study found that the way in which the neonatal brain processes a noxious stimulus is altered by the type of contact the infant has with their mother. Specifically, being held in skin-to-skin reduces the magnitude of noxious-related cortical activity. This work has also shown that different neural mechanisms are engaged depending on the mother/infant context, suggesting maternal contact can change how a baby's brain processes a noxious stimulus.
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- Laura Jones
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK
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- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Obstetric Wing, University College London Hospitals, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK
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Physiological Measures of Acute and Chronic Pain within Different Subject Groups: A Systematic Review. Pain Res Manag 2020; 2020:9249465. [PMID: 32952747 PMCID: PMC7487119 DOI: 10.1155/2020/9249465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Results The methods' heart rate variability and electroencephalogram show clear and consistent results as acute pain assessment. Magnetic resonance imaging can measure chronic pain. Ordered by invasiveness and vulnerability, a trend shows that the invasive methods are used more with less vulnerable subjects. Only instruments used for skin conductance and automatic facial recognition have a lower-than-average technological maturity. Conclusions Some pain assessment methods show good and consistent results and have high technological maturity; however, using them as pain assessment for persons with ID is uncommon. Since this addition can ameliorate caregiving, more research of assessment methods should occur.
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Lim BG. Nociception monitoring tools using autonomic tone changes for intraoperative analgesic guidance in pediatric patients. Anesth Pain Med (Seoul) 2019; 14:380-392. [PMID: 33329766 PMCID: PMC7713809 DOI: 10.17085/apm.2019.14.4.380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Nociception monitoring devices using changes in autonomic nervous system activity have been developed in numerous ways. Although there have been few studies conducted on children, compared to the relatively higher number of studies on adults, most of the nociception monitors in children, as in adults, appear to be more useful than the standard clinical practice that uses hemodynamic parameters in the evaluation and treatment of intraoperative nociception (pain) during general anesthesia. Particularly, when monitoring the surgical pleth index (SPI) in anesthetized children, the application of a new target range of SPI values (≤ 40) to the SPI monitoring criteria seems to be necessary for providing a more proper intraoperative analgesia. The analgesia nociception index (ANI) shows promising results in anesthetized adults, and recently, positive results along with cardiorespiratory coherence have been reported in pediatric patients. Newborn infant parasympathetic evaluation (NIPE) could be useful for providing adequate analgesia in newborns, infants, and children under 2 years of age in anesthetized or awake states. In cases of skin conductance and pupillometry, further studies are needed. Understanding the pros, cons, and limitations of these nociception monitoring tools will provide more effective and safe intraoperative analgesia to pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia, and it may also help to plan and conduct promising research on the use of perioperative nociception monitoring in pediatric patients in the future.
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- Byung Gun Lim
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Measuring brain activity in infants provides an objective surrogate approach with which to infer pain perception following noxious events. Here we discuss different approaches which can be used to measure noxious-evoked brain activity, and discuss how these measures can be used to assess the analgesic efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. We review factors that can modulate noxious-evoked brain activity, which may impact infant pain experience, including gestational age, sex, prior pain, stress, and illness.
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- Deniz Gursul
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.
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Williams N, MacLean K, Guan L, Collet JP, Holsti L. Pilot Testing a Robot for Reducing Pain in Hospitalized Preterm Infants. OTJR-OCCUPATION PARTICIPATION AND HEALTH 2019; 39:108-115. [PMID: 30770034 DOI: 10.1177/1539449218825436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Optimizing neurodevelopment is a key goal of neonatal occupational therapy. In preterm infants, repeated procedural pain is associated with adverse effects on neurodevelopment long term. Calmer is a robot designed to reduce infant pain. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of Calmer on heart rate variability (HRV) during routine blood collection in preterm infants. In a randomized controlled pilot trial, 10 infants were assigned to either standard care ( n = 5, facilitated tucking [FT]) or Calmer treatment ( n = 5). HRV was recorded continuously and quantified using the area (power) of the spectrum in high and low frequency (HF: 0.15-0.40Hz/ms2; LF: 0.04-0.15 Hz/ms2) regions. Changes in HRV during three, 2-min phases (Baseline, Heel Poke, and Recovery) were compared between groups. Calmer infants had 90% greater parasympathetic activation ([PS] reduced stress) during Baseline, 82% greater PS activation during Poke, and 24% greater PS activation during Recovery than FT infants. Calmer reduced physiological preterm infant pain reactivity during blood collection.
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- The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
- BC Women’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
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Cremillieux C, Makhlouf A, Pichot V, Trombert B, Patural H. Objective assessment of induced acute pain in neonatology with the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation index. Eur J Pain 2018; 22:1071-1079. [DOI: 10.1002/ejp.1191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- C. Cremillieux
- Department of Pediatric Medicine; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; University Hospital of Saint-Etienne; France
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; University Hospital of Saint-Etienne; France
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- EA SNA-EPIS Research Laboratory; Jean Monnet University of Saint-Etienne; France
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- Public Health and Medical Information Unit; University Hospital of Saint-Etienne; France
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; University Hospital of Saint-Etienne; France
- EA SNA-EPIS Research Laboratory; Jean Monnet University of Saint-Etienne; France
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Jones L, Fabrizi L, Laudiano-Dray M, Whitehead K, Meek J, Verriotis M, Fitzgerald M. Nociceptive Cortical Activity Is Dissociated from Nociceptive Behavior in Newborn Human Infants under Stress. Curr Biol 2017; 27:3846-3851.e3. [PMID: 29199079 PMCID: PMC5742634 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Newborn infants display strong nociceptive behavior in response to tissue damaging stimuli, and this is accompanied by nociceptive activity generated in subcortical and cortical areas of the brain [1, 2]. In the absence of verbal report, these nociceptive responses are used as measures of pain sensation in newborn humans, as they are in animals [3, 4]. However, many infants are raised in a physiologically stressful environment, and little is known about the effect of background levels of stress upon their pain responses. In adults, acute physiological stress causes hyperalgesia [5, 6, 7], and increased background stress increases pain [8, 9, 10], but these data cannot necessarily be extrapolated to infants. Here we have simultaneously measured nociceptive behavior, brain activity, and levels of physiological stress in a sample of 56 newborn human infants aged 36–42 weeks. Salivary cortisol (hypothalamic pituitary axis), heart rate variability (sympathetic adrenal medullary system), EEG event-related potentials (nociceptive cortical activity), and facial expression (behavior) were acquired in individual infants following a clinically required heel lance. We show that infants with higher levels of stress exhibit larger amplitude cortical nociceptive responses, but this is not reflected in their behavior. Furthermore, while nociceptive behavior and cortical activity are normally correlated, this relationship is disrupted in infants with high levels of physiological stress. Brain activity evoked by noxious stimulation is therefore enhanced by stress, but this cannot be deduced from observation of pain behavior. This may be important in the prevention of adverse effects of early repetitive pain on brain development. Infant pain behavior and nociceptive brain activity are generally correlated Stress disrupts the relationship between infant pain brain activity and behavior Stress is associated with increased nociceptive brain activity, but not behavior Stress is an important factor when assessing infant pain experience
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- Laura Jones
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E6BT, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E6BT, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E6BT, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E6BT, UK
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- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Obstetric Wing, University College London Hospitals, London WC1E6DB, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E6BT, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E6BT, UK.
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