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

• Marsha Campbell-Yeo,
• Mandy Daly,
• Verity Pacey,
• Vibhuti Shah,
• Kaye Spence,
• Kanwaljeet J S Anand,
• Bonnie J Stevens,
• Mats Eriksson,
• Laura Brown,
• Emre Ilhan,
• Christ-jan van Ganzewinkel,
• Rebecca Pillai Riddell,
• Carlo Bellieni,
• Celeste Johnston,
• Julia Hush

Affiliations

Marsha Campbell-Yeo

School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mandy Daly

Director of Advocacy and Policy Making, Irish Neonatal Health Alliance, Bray, Ireland

Verity Pacey

1 Department of Health Professions, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Vibhuti Shah

Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kaye Spence

Grace Centre for Newborn Intensive Care, Children`s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Kanwaljeet J S Anand

Department of Pediatrics, Pain/Stress Neurobiology Laboratory, Maternal and Child Health Research Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

Bonnie J Stevens

The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mats Eriksson

5Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Laura Brown

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and

Emre Ilhan

Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Christ-jan van Ganzewinkel

Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, The Netherlands

Rebecca Pillai Riddell

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Carlo Bellieni

Department of Pediatrics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Celeste Johnston

Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Julia Hush

Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia