Expert consensus for difficult airway management in the absence of clear evidence using a Delphi method.

ABSTRACT: The All India Difficult Airway Association developed clinical practice statements utilising the Delphi method among experts for specific interventions in the management of unanticipated difficult airways in adult, obstetric, and paediatric populations, as well as for the management of at-risk extubations, where existing evidence was either weak or absent. A Steering Committee consisting of nine airway experts and a Delphi methodologist convened a panel of 24 experts, from whom anonymous responses were collected via an online Delphi survey. Consensus was defined as at least 75% experts voting for a particular option in multiple-choice statements, and agreement (scores of 5-7) or disagreement (scores of 1-3) on a nominal 7-point Likert scale statement. The stability of responses between cons

SUBMITTER: Shah AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12643131 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature