A Core Outcome Set for Pediatric Critical Care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

More children are surviving critical illness but are at risk of residual or new health conditions. An evidence-informed and stakeholder-recommended core outcome set is lacking for pediatric critical care outcomes. Our objective was to create a multinational, multistakeholder-recommended pediatric critical care core outcome set for inclusion in clinical and research programs.

Design

A two-round modified Delphi electronic survey was conducted with 333 invited research, clinical, and family/advocate stakeholders. Stakeholders completing the first round were invited to participate in the second. Outcomes scoring greater than 69% "critical" and less than 15% "not important" advanced to round 2 with write-in outcomes considered. The Steering Committee held a virtual con

SUBMITTER: Fink EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785252 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature