Helena Milton-Jones, Sabri Soussi, Roger Davies, Emmanuel Charbonney, Walton N Charles, Heather Cleland, Ken Dunn, Dashiell Gantner, Julian Giles, Marc Jeschke, Nicole Lee, Matthieu Legrand, Joanne Lloyd, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Olivier Pantet, Mark Samaan, Odhran Shelley, Alice Sisson, Kaisa Spragg, Fiona Wood, Jeremy Yarrow, Marcela Paola Vizcaychipi, Andrew Williams, Jorge Leon-Villapalos, Declan Collins, Isabel Jones, Suveer Singh
BACKGROUND: Burn inhalation injury (BII) is a major cause of burn-related mortality and morbidity. Despite published practice guidelines, no consensus exists for the best strategies regarding diagnosis and management of BII. A modified DELPHI study using the RAND/UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Appropriateness Method (RAM) systematically analysed the opinions of an expert panel. Expert opinion was combined with available evidence to determine what constitutes appropriate and inappropriate judgement in the diagnosis and management of BII...
November 27, 2023: Critical Care: the Official Journal of the Critical Care Forum