Clinical decision support tools for paediatric sepsis in resource-poor settings: an international qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

New paediatric sepsis criteria are being developed by an international task force. However, it remains unknown what type of clinical decision support (CDS) tools will be most useful for dissemination of those criteria in resource-poor settings. We sought to design effective CDS tools by identifying the paediatric sepsis-related decisional needs of multidisciplinary clinicians and health system administrators in resource-poor settings.

Design

Semistructured qualitative focus groups and interviews with 35 clinicians (8 nurses, 27 physicians) and 5 administrators at health systems that regularly provide care for children with sepsis, April-May 2022.

Setting

Health systems in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where sepsis has a large impact on child health and hea

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Zambrano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603473 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature