PSYC 3404 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Gestational Age, Habituation

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3404
• Professor: Karen Spikes

Document Summary

Article critique outline: effect of early procedural pain. Experience on subsequent pain responses among premature infants . Evaluate the short-term effects of early procedural pain exposure on subsequent behavioral and physiological responses among preterm infants. Define possible contributing factors for alterations in responses. Utilize the results to minimize consequences from early pain exposure and improve methods of. Early procedural pain exposure adversely affects the behavioral and physiologic responses of. Results in detrimental effects on premature infants" development. Categorizing the premature infants into two groups: Group i = experienced either one, two, or three or more painful procedures in the nicu. Group ii = never experienced pain in the nicu. Premature infants underwent the heel stick procedure. Behavioral responses were assessed by the neonatal infant pain scale. Physiological responses were evaluated according to changes in heart rate and oxygen saturation. Prior pain exposure and a large number of procedures predict dampened behavioral and exaggerated physiological subsequent pain responses.