Term Description

The Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) is a behavioral pain scale that was developed by the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. It can be utilized with both full-term and pre-term infants. CHEO recommends use in neonates/infants less than 2 months of age, but the scale can be used up to 1 year of age. The tool was adapted from the CHEOPS scale (used for children between one and seven years) and is based on the behaviors that nurses have described as being indicative of infant pain or distress. It is composed of six indicators. The infant should be observed for one minute in order to fully assess each indicator.

Panel Hierarchy

Details for each LOINC in Panel LHC-Forms

LOINCNameR/O/CCardinalityExample UCUM Units
101967-8Neonatal infant pain scale panel (NIPS)
Indent103778-7Facial expression
Indent101971-0Cry
Indent101970-2Breathing patterns
Indent101972-8State of arousal
Indent101974-4Arms
Indent101975-1Legs
Indent101973-6Total score (0 to 7)
Indent101951-2NIPS assessment (interpretation)

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Neonatal infant pain scale panel (NIPS):-:Pt:^Patient:-:NIPS
Long Common Name
Neonatal infant pain scale panel (NIPS)
Short Name
NIPS panel

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Neonatal infant pain scale panel (NIPS)
    LP435896-8
    • Analyte
      Neonatal infant pain scale panel (NIPS)
      LP435896-8
      • Component Numerator
        Neonatal infant pain scale panel (NIPS)
        LP435896-8
        • Component Numerator Core
          Neonatal infant pain scale panel (NIPS)
          LP435896-8
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    -
    LP6769-6
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    -
    LP7747-1
  • Method
    NIPS
    LP427004-9

Basic Attributes

Class
PANEL.NEONAT
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.75
Last Updated
Version 2.76 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation
Order
Panel Type
Panel

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=101967-8
Questionnaire definition
https://fhir.loinc.org/Questionnaire/?url=http://loinc.org/q/101967-8