Warmth + Sugar = Less Vaccination Pain for Babies

babies who were placed under an infant warmer and given a sucrose solution cried and grimaced for 50% less time after receiving the hepatitis B vaccination than babies who were given sucrose alone (P<0.05, respectively). The babies who received warmth and sucrose after being vaccinated had lower heart rate and heart rate variability (i.e., respiratory sinus arrhythmia responses, or RSA) than the sucrose-only control group (P<0.01). In fact, the sucrose-only group experienced overall greater increases in heart rate (P<0.02) and decreases in RSA (P<0.03). Heartbeat in the warmth plus sucrose group increased about 11 beats per minute, compared with 20 beats per minute for the control group. RSA also declined about 0.65 (natural log units) for the warmth plus sucrose group compared with 1.83 (natural log units) for the control group.http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/50043?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-02-17&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=ST&eun=g721819d0r&userid=721819&email=amydugan2%40gmail.com&mu_id=5883165&utm_term=Daily