An Objective Evaluation of Intraoperative and Postoperative Pain in Infants Undergoing Open Inguinal Herniotomy and Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Using the Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation (NIPE™) Monitor
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Mahesh Sakthivel, Tanay Bapna, Svetlana Ivanic, Cassandra Lang, Ramesh M. Nataraja, Maurizio Pacilli
Topic overview
The heart rate variability-derived Newborn Infant Parasympathetic Evaluation (NIPE) monitor is an objective, non-invasive tool for the assessment of pain in children under 2 years of age. The aim of this study was to objectively compare pain in infants undergoing open and laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery using the NIPE monitor.
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