Designing a national pediatric critical care database: a Delphi consensus study

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We present the methodological framework used to select data elements by consensus for a national pediatric critical care database, with participation from a diverse stakeholder group of experts and caregivers from all PICUs in Canada. The selected core data elements will provide standardized and synthesized data for research, benchmarking, and quality improvement initiatives of critically ill children

Authors: Joanne Ramil, MSc, Daniel Garros, MD, Fuad Alnaji, MD, FRCPC, Macha Bourdages, MD, Valerie Brule, MD, MScHQ, FRCPC, Karen Dryden-Palmer, RN, Fiona Muttalib, MDCM, Jessica Nicoll, MD, Michael Sauthier, MD, MBI, Srinivas Murthy, MD, and Patricia S. Fontela, MD, PhD