Core Outcome Sets for Pediatric Perioperative Research: An International Stakeholder Engagement Exercise and Consensus Report from the Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group

dentifying the outcomes that matter in clinical research is important, especially those that matter to patients and their parents/guardians. Consistency in outcome reporting enables meaningful assessments of interventions and facilitates comparison of results across trials. The aim of this study was to develop core outcome sets for pediatric perioperative research.

Citation:
Stricker PA, Vutskits L, de Graaff JC, von Ungern-Sternberg BS, Goobie SM, Zuo YX, ……. Sommerfield A, Davidson AJ. Core Outcome Sets for Pediatric Perioperative Research: An International Stakeholder Engagement Exercise and Consensus Report from the Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group. Anesthesiology. 2025;143(5):1225-41.

Keywords:
Biomedical research; methods; standards; delphi technique; outcome assessment; health care; pediatrics; perioperative care

Abstract:
Identifying the outcomes that matter in clinical research is important, especially those that matter to patients and their parents/guardians. Consistency in outcome reporting enables meaningful assessments of interventions and facilitates comparison of results across trials. The aim of this study was to develop core outcome sets for pediatric perioperative research.