Avalia？？o da dor em recém-nascidos submetidos à cirurgia cardiáca

objectives: to identify pain assessment methods used in neonates who underwent cardiac surgeries, to verify pain assessment frequency and to verify pain prevalence. methods: cross-sectional study. retrospective data collection. results: pain assessment was performed in most (80.0%) of the neonates, between one and thirteen times. specific pain assessment scale was used in 56.7% neonates. pain assessment was done from one to thirteen times, 56.7% experienced pain and suffered a mean of 1.8 pain episodes. conclusion: there is no standardized pain assessment or pain assessment frequency and the prevalence of pain was high.