Variables for reporting studies on extended - focused assessment with sonography for trauma (E-FAST): An international delphi consensus study.

Autor: Moro F; Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Prehospital Emergency, Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi, Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: f.moro@ausl.bologna.it., Chiarini V; Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Prehospital Emergency, Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi, Bologna, Italy., Scquizzato T; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy., Brogi E; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Piazza dell'Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy., Tartaglione M; Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Prehospital Emergency, Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi, Bologna, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Injury [Injury] 2025 Jan; Vol. 56 (1), pp. 111931. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 11.
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111931
Abstrakt: Background: The Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (E-FAST) is a diagnostic ultrasound technique used in hospital and pre-hospital settings for patients with torso trauma. While E-FAST is common in emergency departments, its pre-hospital use is less routine. This study aims to establish a set of variables for designing studies on pre-hospital E-FAST through a Delphi consensus process involving international experts.
Methods: A Delphi consensus process was utilized, involving four rounds of e-mail to the experts. The experts proposed variables for each category, assessed them using a 5-point Likert scale, and voted on whether they should be included in the final template.
Results: Out of 14 invited experts, 9 participated in the study. In total, the experts proposed 247 variables. After four rounds, a final list of 32 variables was approved by all experts. These variables related to the system, patient, process, training, imaging, outcome, and others.
Conclusions: This Delphi consensus study presents a list of 32 variables for future research studies concerning the use of E-FAST ultrasound in pre-hospital settings. The results of this study are significant as they provide a standardized set of variables that will facilitate the comparison of data obtained from various studies. This will ultimately contribute to the advancement of pre-hospital E-FAST research and practice.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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