Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2022
Abstract
Background and objectives: Documentation is important for quality improvement, education, and research. There is currently a lack of recommendations regarding key aspects of documentation in regional anesthesia. The aim of this study was to establish recommendations for documentation in regional anesthesia.
Methods: Following the formation of the executive committee and a directed literature review, a long list of potential documentation components was created. A modified Delphi process was then employed to achieve consensus amongst a group of international experts in regional anesthesia. This consisted of 2 rounds of anonymous electronic voting and a final virtual round table discussion with live polling on items not yet excluded or accepted from previous rounds. Progression or exclusion of potential components through the rounds was based on the achievement of strong consensus. Strong consensus was defined as ≥75% agreement and weak consensus as 50%-74% agreement.
Results: Seventy-seven collaborators participated in both rounds 1 and 2, while 50 collaborators took part in round 3. In total, experts voted on 83 items and achieved a strong consensus on 51 items, weak consensus on 3 and rejected 29.
Conclusion: By means of a modified Delphi process, we have established expert consensus on documentation in regional anesthesia.
Recommended Citation
Ahmed, Hassan M; Atterton, Benjamin P; Crowe, Gillian G; Barratta, Jaime L; Johnson, Mark; Viscusi, Eugene R.; Adhikary, Sanjib; Albrecht, Eric; Boretsky, Karen; Boublik, Jan; Breslin, Dara S; Byrne, Kelly; Ch'ng, Alan; Chuan, Alwin; Conroy, Patrick; Daniel, Craig; Daszkiewicz, Andrzej; Delbos, Alain; Dirzu, Dan Sebastian; Dmytriiev, Dmytro; Fennessy, Paul; Fischer, H Barrie J; Frizelle, Henry; Gadsden, Jeff; Gautier, Philippe; Gupta, Rajnish K; Gürkan, Yavuz; Hardman, Harold David; Harrop-Griffiths, William; Hebbard, Peter; Hernandez, Nadia; Hlasny, Jakub; Iohom, Gabriella; Ip, Vivian H Y; Jeng, Christina L; Johnson, Rebecca L; Kalagara, Hari; Kinirons, Brian; Lansdown, Andrew Kenneth; Leng, Jody C; Lim, Yean Chin; Lobo, Clara; Ludwin, Danielle B; Macfarlane, Alan James Robert; Machi, Anthony T; Mahon, Padraig; Mannion, Stephen; McLeod, David H; Merjavy, Peter; Miscuks, Aleksejs; Mitchell, Christopher H; Moka, Eleni; Moran, Peter; Ngui, Ann; Nin, Olga C; O'Donnell, Brian D; Pawa, Amit; Perlas, Anahi; Porter, Steven; Pozek, John-Paul; Rebelo, Humberto C; Roqués, Vicente; Schroeder, Kristopher M; Schwartz, Gary; Schwenk, Eric S.; Sermeus, Luc; Shorten, George; Srinivasan, Karthikeyan; Stevens, Markus F; Theodoraki, Kassiani; Turbitt, Lloyd R; Valdés-Vilches, Luis Fernando; Volk, Thomas; Webster, Katrina; Wiesmann, T; Wilson, Sylvia H; Wolmarans, Morné; Woodworth, Glenn; Worek, Andrew K; and Moran, E M Louise, "Recommendations for effective documentation in regional anesthesia: an expert panel Delphi consensus project" (2022). Department of Anesthesiology Faculty Papers. Paper 79.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/anfp/79
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PubMed ID
35193970
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, Volume 47, Issue 5, May 2022, Pages 301 - 3081.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2021-103136. Copyright © American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2022