Open AccessUse of Survey and Delphi Process to Understand Trauma Anesthesia Care Practices
Author(s) -
Catherine M. Kuza,
Monica S. Vavilala,
Rebecca M. Speck,
Richard P. Dutton,
Maureen McCunn
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000002863
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesiology , respondent , delphi method , anesthesia , intubation , intensive care , emergency medicine , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
Few trauma guidelines evaluate and recommend anesthesiology practices and there are no trauma anesthesia-specific guidelines. There is no information on how anesthesiologists perceive clinical practice patterns. Our objective was to understand the perceptions of anesthesiologists regarding trauma anesthesia practices.