Glucose or sucrose as an analgesic for newborns: a randomised controlled blind trial.

Background: To evaluate the effect of different oral glucose or sucrose solutions on the pain response to heelstick in newborns.

Design: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of water (control) versus one of three solutions of glucose - namely 5, 33 and 50% - or one of two solutions of sucrose (33% and 50%) or nothing.

Setting: postnatal ward.

[Hemiplegic migraine. A series of 5 patients].

We describe the occurrence of five pediatric patients presenting an aura encompassing neurovegetative and unilateral neurological manifestations persisting during and after the migrainous attack are described. All investigations were normal and the symptoms completely disappeared within 24-48 hours with non specific treatment. A diagnosis of hemiplegic migraine was made.