Recommendations for effective documentation in regional anesthesia: An expert panel Delphi consensus project

HM Ahmed; BP Atterton; GG Crowe; JL Barratta; M Johnson; E Viscusi; S Adhikary; E Albrecht; K Boretsky; J Boublik; DS Breslin; K Byrne; A Chŉg; A Chuan; P Conroy; C Daniel; A Daszkiewicz; A Delbos; DS Dirzu; D Dmytriiev; P Fennessy; HBJ Fischer; H Frizelle; J Gadsden; P Gautier; RK Gupta; Y Gürkan; HD Hardman; W Harrop-Griffiths; P Hebbard; N Hernandez; J Hlasny; G Iohom; VHY Ip; CL Jeng; RL Johnson; H Kalagara; B Kinirons; AK Lansdown; JC Leng; YC Lim; C Lobo; DB Ludwin; AJR Macfarlane; AT Machi; P Mahon; S Mannion; DH McLeod; P Merjavy; A Miscuks; CH Mitchell; E Moka; P Moran; A Ngui; OC Nin; BD O’Donnell; A Pawa; A Perlas; S Porter; JP Pozek; HC Rebelo; V Roqués; KM Schroeder; G Schwartz; ES Schwenk; L Sermeus; G Shorten; K Srinivasan; MF Stevens; K Theodoraki; LR Turbitt; LF Valdés-Vilches; T Volk; K Webster; T Wiesmann; SH Wilson; M Wolmarans; G Woodworth; AK Worek; EML Moran

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Recommendations for effective documentation in regional anesthesia: An expert panel Delphi consensus project

HM Ahmed, BP Atterton, GG Crowe, JL Barratta, M Johnson, E Viscusi, S Adhikary, E Albrecht, K Boretsky, J Boublik, DS Breslin, K Byrne, A Chŉg, A Chuan, P Conroy, C Daniel, A Daszkiewicz, A Delbos, DS Dirzu, D Dmytriiev Show all

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1136/RAPM-2021-103136

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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 ..

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