Developing expert international consensus statements for opioid-sparing analgesia using the Delphi method.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The management of postoperative pain in anaesthesia is evolving with a deeper understanding of associating multiple modalities and analgesic medications. However, the motivations and barriers regarding the adoption of opioid-sparing analgesia are not well known.

Methods

We designed a modified Delphi survey to explore the perspectives and opinions of expert panellists with regard to opioid-sparing multimodal analgesia. 29 anaesthetists underwent an evolving three-round questionnaire to determine the level of agreement on certain aspects of multimodal analgesia, with the last round deciding if each statement was a priority.

Results

The results were aggregated and a consensus, defined as achievement of over 75% on the Likert scale, was reached for five out o

SUBMITTER: Sng DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9969386 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature