%0 Journal Article %T Microcirculation ¨C a tool for the study of pain in neonates and infants? %A Islam Saleh Abdo %J Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology %D 2012 %I Pabst Science Publishers %X The relationship between pain and the newbornĄŻs microcirculation has been a poorly understood field of research. Introduction of orthogonal polarization spectral (OPS) imaging and sidestream dark field (SDF) imaging to clinical medicine has opened a new field of monitoring and target treatment in various neonatal diseases and states. The non-invasiveness and safety of these bedside technologies make them very favorable in bringing us closer to a better understanding of the impact of pain on the newbornĄŻs microcirculation. Early and long term impact of neonatal/infant pain syndrome, current tools of pain assessment in neonates and infants as well as infant microcirculation will be discussed. %K microcirculation %K pain %K neonates %K orthogonal polarization spectral (OPS) %K sidestream dark field (SDF) %U http://www.applied-cardiopulmonary-pathophysiology.com/fileadmin/downloads/acp-2012-3_20120927/03_abdo.pdf