SUCROSE, ORAL
Standard Prescription
Give __ mL - 1 dose 2 minutes prior to procedure.
Dosages
Single painful procedure:
Term infant-12 mos:
0.2-0.5 mL/kg/dose x 1 dose given 2 minutes prior to procedure. Maximum 2 mL/dose
Term infant-12 mos:
0.2-0.5 mL/kg/dose x 1 dose given 2 minutes prior to procedure. Maximum 2 mL/dose
Mechanism of Action
Distraction for painful procedures.
Forms Supplied
Solution: ORA-sweet multidose bottle, 24% sucrose single use (ex. Sweetums, Dandle-lion Kisses)
Comments
Use all other non-pharmacological comfort care measures before considering oral sucrose.
Refer to Pain Management: Infants undergoing routine minor painful procedures on PHSA SHOP.
Avoid in patients on a ketogenic diet.
Oral sucrose can be used with other approaches for reducing procedural pain from a single event with some infant populations.
Do not dilute sucrose products.
Place a full dose of sucrose solution on the anterior tongue or buccal surface or, moisten a pacifier, gloved finger, or cotton tipped applicator with the sucrose solution 2 minutes prior to start of procedure.
Refer to Pain Management: Infants undergoing routine minor painful procedures on PHSA SHOP.
Avoid in patients on a ketogenic diet.
Oral sucrose can be used with other approaches for reducing procedural pain from a single event with some infant populations.
Do not dilute sucrose products.
Place a full dose of sucrose solution on the anterior tongue or buccal surface or, moisten a pacifier, gloved finger, or cotton tipped applicator with the sucrose solution 2 minutes prior to start of procedure.
References
554, 555
Last Edited
2021-11-28 06:37:12