2. REBECCA PILLAI RIDDELL ♀
Information acquired: 2025
REBECCA PILLAI RIDDELL is an academic who published a paper in 2019 entitled Beyond Acute Pain: Understanding Chronic Pain in Infancy. REBECCA PILLAI RIDDELL published this work as part of a team: DiLorenzo, Miranda. Here is a description of this work: This topical review presents the current challenges in defining chronic pain in infants, summarizes evidence from animal and human infant studies regarding the biological processes necessary for chronic pain signaling, and presents observational/experiential evidence from clinical experts. A literature search of four databases (CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and MEDLINE) was conducted, along with hand searches of reference lists. Evidence from animal studies suggest that important neurophysiological mechanisms, such as the availability of key neurotransmitters needed for maintenance of chronic pain, may be immature or absent in the developing neonate. In some cases, human infants may be significantly less likely to develop chronic pain. However, evidence also points to altered pain perception, such as allodynia and hyperalgesia, with significant injury. Mo.