HealthDay News — For preterm and term neonates, sucrose appears to reduce pain scores during or shortly after venipuncture compared with no intervention, water, or standard care, according to research ...

A new Cochrane review has found that sucrose can help with pain relief in newborn babies during common hospital procedures, ...

Techniques for jugular, basilic and medial metatarsal venipuncture in psittacine birds are discussed in detail. Although the number of animals used in the US for research annually is documented, birds ...

Blood collection is one of the most common diagnostic procedures in chelonian species. Knowledge and case-dependent selection of appropriate sampling sites are necessary to obtain a diagnostic blood ...

THE success of chronic hemodialysis in terminal renal failure depends on repeated access to blood vessels that will provide a continuous flow of up to 250 to 300 ml. per minute. A technic was ...

A training technique is described for ensuring the active cooperation of adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) during in-homecage venipuncture. Five single-housed and 10 pair-housed males ...

Sucrose with or without non-nutritive sucking appears to reduce pain intensity during and 30 seconds after venipuncture.