This version was machine-translated from German and has not been medically reviewed. The authoritative version is the German version.
NIPS: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (pain scale for newborns)
Newborns: face, cry, breathing, arms, legs, arousal, 0–7 points; levels no, mild, moderate, severe pain
Calculation aid for healthcare professionals: the calculator reproduces what the sources cited assign to the inputs. Clinical assessment and every treatment decision remain with the treating physician. Inputs and results are not stored.
Frequently asked questions
NIPS: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (pain scale for newborns): What does this calculator compute?
The Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS, Lawrence 1993) assesses pain in newborns by behavior: facial expression, crying (0–2), breathing, arms, legs and alertness (each 0–1). Total 0–7; 0–1 no pain, 2 mild, 3–4 moderate, 5–7 severe pain. With reservations: points and levels from a single report, original not read, age range inconsistent across the sources.
NIPS: Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (pain scale for newborns): Which sources is this calculator based on?
Lawrence J, Alcock D, Kay J, McGrath PJ: The development of a tool to assess neonatal pain (Neonatal Netw 12(6):59–66) (1993); Sarkaria E, Gruszfeld D: Assessing Neonatal Pain with NIPS and COMFORT-B: Evaluation of NICU’s Staff Competences, table 1 (Pain Res Manag 2022:8545372) (2022)