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Nathan M, Newburger JW, Bell M, Tang A, Gongwer R, Dunbar-Masterson C, Atz AM, Bacha E, Colan S, Gaynor JW, Kanter K, Levine JC, Ohye R, Pizarro C, Schwartz S, Shirali G, Tani L, Tweddell J, Gurvitz M. Development of the Residual Lesion Score for congenital heart surgery: the RAND Delphi methodology. Cardiol Young 2022; 33:1-14. [PMID: 36562256 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951122003791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The Residual Lesion Score is a novel tool for assessing the achievement of surgical objectives in congenital heart surgery based on widely available clinical and echocardiographic characteristics. This article describes the methodology used to develop the Residual Lesion Score from the previously developed Technical Performance Score for five common congenital cardiac procedures using the RAND Delphi methodology. METHODS A panel of 11 experts from the field of paediatric and congenital cardiology and cardiac surgery, 2 co-chairs, and a consultant were assembled to review and comment on validity and feasibility of measuring the sub-components of intraoperative and discharge Residual Lesion Score for five congenital cardiac procedures. In the first email round, the panel reviewed and commented on the Residual Lesion Score and provided validity and feasibility scores for sub-components of each of the five procedures. In the second in-person round, email comments and scores were reviewed and the Residual Lesion Score revised. The modified Residual Lesion Score was scored independently by each panellist for validity and feasibility and used to develop the "final" Residual Lesion Score. RESULTS The Residual Lesion Score sub-components with a median validity score of ≥7 and median feasibility score of ≥4 that were scored without disagreement and with low absolute deviation from the median were included in the "final" Residual Lesion Score. CONCLUSION Using the RAND Delphi methodology, we were able to develop Residual Lesion Score modules for five important congenital cardiac procedures for the Pediatric Heart Network's Residual Lesion Score study.
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Affiliation(s)
- Meena Nathan
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Jane W Newburger
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Margaret Bell
- Department of Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Alexander Tang
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
| | - Emile Bacha
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
| | - Steven Colan
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - J William Gaynor
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Kirk Kanter
- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | - Jami C Levine
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Richard Ohye
- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Christian Pizarro
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Nemours Cardiac Center, Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA
| | - Steven Schwartz
- Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Girish Shirali
- Heart Center, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
| | - Lloyd Tani
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - James Tweddell
- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center (Posthumous), Cincinnati, OH, USA
| | - Michelle Gurvitz
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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