TY - JOUR T1 - Heel stick test for obtaining blood samples in neonates: both swaddling and heel warming may help, but heel warming appears to provide greater pain reduction JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 118 LP - 118 DO - 10.1136/eb-2014-102048 VL - 18 IS - 4 AU - Xiaomei Cong Y1 - 2015/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/18/4/118.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Shu SH, Lee YL, Hayter M, et al. Efficacy of swaddling and heel warming on pain response to heel stick in neonates: a randomised control trial. J Clin Nurs 2014;23:3107–14.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedHeel warming and swaddling are found to effectively reduce infant pain during heel stick tests for obtaining blood samples and can be used as pain interventions in routine neonatal practice.The efficacy of swaddling and heel warming on neonatal pain can be added to the health professionals’ armoury for pain management in infants, especially in the intensive care environment.The underpinning mechanisms of pain reduction by heel warming and swaddling may be different and need to be investigated in future studies.An impressive body of research has found that neonates, including preterm infants, possess the ability to detect, perceive and respond to pain. … ER -