TY - JOUR T1 - Sugar and warmth additively decrease pain in newborns getting vaccines JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 125 LP - 125 DO - 10.1136/ebmed-2015-110200 VL - 20 IS - 4 AU - John W Harrington Y1 - 2015/08/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/20/4/125.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Gray L, Garza E, Zageris D, et al. Sucrose and warmth for analgesia in healthy newborns: an RCT. Pediatrics 2015;135:e607–14.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full TextSucrose as an analgesic has been well studied in the newborn and infant population undergoing brief noxious stimuli such as vaccines or heel sticks.1 Providing additional, non-pharmacological, therapeutic options to create a synergy with the sucrose has been considered in other studies.2 Breast feeding, which supplies the sweetness of sugar (breast milk) and skin-to-skin contact, has been thought to provide radiant body heat.3 ,4 The authors of this study draw on their previous work of using radiant heat as an analgesic for infants undergoing vaccination and hypothesise that … ER -