What is the definition of acute episodic and chronic pain in critically ill neonates and infants? A global, four-stage consensus and validation study.

Emre IIhanVerity PaceyLaura BrownKaye SpenceChrist-Jan van GanzewinkelRebecca Pillai RiddellMarsha Campbell-YeoBonnie J StevensMats ErikssonVibhuti ShahKanwaljeet J S AnandCarlo BellieniMandy DalyCeleste JohnstonJulia Hush

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

This four-stage study enabled the development of consensus-based and clinically valid definitions of acute episodic pain and chronic pain. There is a need to define and validate other pain types to inform a taxonomy of pain experienced by neonates and infants in the NICU and HDU.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
liver failure
respiratory failure
low birth weight
aortic dissection
preterm infants
drug induced
neuropathic pain
spinal cord
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation