. 2013 Jun 13;39:38. doi: 10.1186/1824-7288-39-38

Table 5.

Comparison among the papers that had twenty or more babies in each study-group and simultaneously used the specific pain scale and respective pain scale scores available

Authors	Newborns (n)	Analgesia	Specific pain scale	Pain scale scores
Malnory et al. [24]	53	Acetaminophen	NIPS (0–7)	1.55 (1.19-2.25)
Malnory et al. [24]	53	placebo	NIPS (0–7)	2.55 (2.1-3.0)
South et al. [22]	44	DPNB+acetaminophen+non-nutritive sucking	PIPP (0–21)	5.7 (3.7-7.0)
South et al. [22]	44	DPNB+Tylenol	PIPP (0–21)	8 (6.8-8.5)
Taddio et al. [30]	86	DPNB+EMLA+acetaminophen	NFCS (0-100%)	30% (20-40%)
Taddio et al. [30]	86	EMLA	NFCS (0-100%)	95% (93-97%)

In bold, the most effective analgesic method.