¿Por qué minimizamos el dolor de los recién nacidos? Mitos en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales

Abstract

The advent of intensive neonatal care and the ad- vancement in technology applied to the recovery

of the newborn, have allowed the infants to survive more and more with a lower gestational age and

weight. This implies that those who were not previ- ously compatible with life are now patients in the neo- natology unit. In order to face extrauterine life they

must undergo numerous procedures, endotracheal intubations, catheter placement, blood extractions, surgeries and wounds care, which have one element in common: they all produce pain.

This article addresses the myths that nursing profe- ssionals have regarding pain, which prevent the nur- sing care plan from being prevented, detected and

treated. Approximate the use of detection scales, and

their treatment by non-pharmacological and pharma- cological means.