Reporting interhospital neonatal intensive care transport: international five-step Delphi-based template.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a general and internationally applicable template of data variables for reporting interhospital neonatal intensive care transports.

Design

A five-step Delphi method.

Setting

A group of experts was guided through a formal consensus process using email.

Subjects

12 experts in neonatal intensive care transports from Canada, Denmark, Norway, the UK and the USA. Four women and eight men. The experts were neonatologists, anaesthesiologists, intensive care nurse, anaesthetic nurse, medical leaders, researchers and a parent representative.

Main outcome measures

37 data variables were included in the final template.

Results

Consensus was achieved on a template of 37 data variables with definitions. 30 variables to be registered for eac

SUBMITTER: Bekkevold M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10989109 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature