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Interventions for the management of Pain and Sedation in Newborns undergoing Therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (IPSNUT) : protocol of a systematic review

Bäcke, Pyrola ; Bruschettini, Matteo LU orcid ; Blomqvist, Ylva Thernström and Olsson, Emma (2022) In Systematic Reviews 11(1).
Abstract

Background: Clinical research has shown that therapeutic hypothermia after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury improves survival without disability. There is no consensus regarding pain relief or sedation during therapeutic hypothermia in newborns; however, therapeutic hypothermia seems to be associated with pain and stress, and adequate analgesia and sedation are central to maximize the effect of therapeutic hypothermia. Pain needs to be adequately managed in all patients, especially the newborn infant due to the potential short- and long-term negative effects of inadequately treated pain in this population. Methods: We will perform a systematic review of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of pain and... (More)

Background: Clinical research has shown that therapeutic hypothermia after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury improves survival without disability. There is no consensus regarding pain relief or sedation during therapeutic hypothermia in newborns; however, therapeutic hypothermia seems to be associated with pain and stress, and adequate analgesia and sedation are central to maximize the effect of therapeutic hypothermia. Pain needs to be adequately managed in all patients, especially the newborn infant due to the potential short- and long-term negative effects of inadequately treated pain in this population. Methods: We will perform a systematic review of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of pain and sedation in newborn infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. We will include randomized, quasi-randomized controlled trials and observational studies. The use of pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions will be compared to other pharmacological and or non-pharmacological interventions or no intervention/placebo. The primary outcomes for this review will be analgesia and sedation assessed with validated pain scales, circulatory instability, mortality to discharge, and moderate-to-severe neurodevelopmental disability. We will search the following databases: CINAHL, ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. Two independent researchers will screen the records for inclusion, extract data using a data extraction form, and assess the risk of bias in the included trials. Discussion: The result of this review will summarize the knowledge regarding the management of pain and sedation in infants treated with therapeutic hypothermia and potentially provide clinicians with guidance on the effective and safe methods.

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Asphyxia, Cooling, Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, Neonatal, Pain scale, Therapeutic hypothermia
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11
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101
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BioMed Central (BMC)
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2046-4053
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10.1186/s13643-022-01982-9
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  author       = {{Bäcke, Pyrola and Bruschettini, Matteo and Blomqvist, Ylva Thernström and Olsson, Emma}},
  issn         = {{2046-4053}},
  keywords     = {{Asphyxia; Cooling; Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; Neonatal; Pain scale; Therapeutic hypothermia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{BioMed Central (BMC)}},
  series       = {{Systematic Reviews}},
  title        = {{Interventions for the management of Pain and Sedation in Newborns undergoing Therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (IPSNUT) : protocol of a systematic review}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-01982-9}},
  doi          = {{10.1186/s13643-022-01982-9}},
  volume       = {{11}},
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