Developing Consensus on Clinical Outcomes for Children with Mild Pneumonia: A Delphi Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The absence of consensus for outcomes in pediatric antibiotic trials is a major barrier to research harmonization and clinical translation. We sought to develop expert consensus on study outcomes for clinical trials of children with mild community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Methods

Applying the Delphi method, a multispecialty expert panel ranked the importance of various components of clinical response and treatment failure outcomes in children with mild CAP for use in research. During Round 1, panelists suggested additional outcomes in open-ended responses that were added to subsequent rounds of consensus building. For Rounds 2 and 3, panelists were provided their own prior responses and summary statistics for each item in the previous round. The consensus was def

SUBMITTER: Florin TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9969329 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature