Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Apr 2020
Editorial CommentVirtual reality in pediatric anesthesia: A toy or a tool.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Apr 2020
Pediatric perioperative outcomes: protocol for a systematic literature review and identification of a core outcome set for infants, children, and young people requiring anesthesia and surgery.
Clinical outcomes are measurable changes in health, function, or quality of life that are important for evaluating the quality of care and comparing the efficacy of interventions. However, clinical outcomes and related measurement tools need to be well-defined, relevant, and valid. In adults, Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) methodology has been used to develop core outcome sets for perioperative care. ⋯ Here, we describe the formation of the international Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group, which aims to identify and create validated, broadly applicable, patient-centered outcome measures for infants, children, and young people. Methodologies parallel that of the StEP and COMPAC projects, and systematic literature searches have been performed within agreed age-dependent subpopulations to identify reported outcomes and measurement tools. This represents the first steps for developing core outcome sets for pediatric perioperative care.