Can process mapping and a multisite Delphi of perioperative professionals inform our understanding of system-wide factors that may impact operative risk?

Objectives: To examine whether the use of process mapping and a multidisciplinary Delphi can identify potential contributors to perioperative risk. We hypothesised that this approach may identify factors not represented in common perioperative risk tools and give insights of use to future research in this area.

Design: Multidisciplinary, modified Delphi study.

Development and Validation of an Electronic Postoperative Morbidity Score.

Background: Electronic health records are being adopted due to numerous potential benefits. This requires the development of objective metrics to characterize morbidity, comparable to studies performed in centers without an electronic health record. We outline the development of an electronic version of the postoperative morbidity score for integration into our electronic health record.

Chronic pain in children in the UK: a survey of pain clinicians and general practitioners.

Background: There is a lack of information about the prevalence, manifestations, and management of chronic pain in children in the UK. We surveyed consultants with an interest in chronic pain management and general practitioners (GPs) in the UK in order to understand their perspective on chronic pain in children.

Methods: We conducted a postal survey of clinicians with an interest in chronic pain management and GPs in the UK.

Brain tissue oxygenation index measured by near infrared spatially resolved spectroscopy agreed with jugular bulb oxygen saturation in normal pediatric brain: a pilot study.

Objectives: This observational, prospective pediatric human study was performed to determine the agreement between brain tissue oxygenation indices (TOI) measured by near infrared spatially resolved spectroscopy and jugular bulb oxygen saturation values (SjO(2)).

Methods: Five cardiac patients without neurological impairment who were admitted into the critical care unit after open-heart surgery with jugular bulb venous catheters were enrolled. Their mean age was 8.