A core outcome set for airway management research
Authors' conclusion
We present the first consensus-based core outcome set for airway management research, with agreed definitions and measurement instruments.
Study context
- Population
- Stakeholders in airway management research: patients with experience of airway management, clinicians engaged in airway management, and others (researchers, device manufacturers, policymakers)Delphi rounds 453 and 155
- Outcome
- Core outcome set for airway management research
Methodological detailssystematic review and modified Delphi consensus, modified Delphi survey, two sequential virtual Delphi surveys, virtual consensus panels, three stakeholder groups
- Systematic review and modified Delphi consensus
- Modified Delphi survey
- Two sequential virtual Delphi surveys
- Virtual consensus panels
- Three stakeholder groups
Recommendations
As reported in the abstract
Final agreed core outcome set
Outcomes in the final core outcome set
11
Further findings
Systematic review of outcomes
- Studies identified
- 4368
- Candidate outcomes longlisted from a random sample of 100 studies
- 68
Delphi survey participation
- Round one Delphi survey completed by
- 453
- Round two Delphi survey completed by
- 155
- Participants from six continents
Virtual consensus panels attendance
- First virtual panel attended by
- 62
- Second virtual panel attended by
- 44
Outcome measurement instruments
- Proposed outcome measurement instruments agreed for all included outcomes
Original publication
A core outcome set for airway management research. Anaesthesia. Published 7 November 2025. doi:10.
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