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ArticleBMJ open2022

Automated digital technologies for supporting sepsis prediction in children: a scoping review protocol.

Ryan Tennant, Jennifer Graham, Kate Mercer, J Mark Ansermino, Catherine M Burns

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Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ryan TennantDepartment of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada drtennan@uwaterloo.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-0932-9510
Jennifer GrahamDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo Faculty of Arts, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8226-5085
Kate MercerDepartment of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6958-3396
J Mark AnserminoDepartment of Anesthesiology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8427-2035
Catherine M BurnsDepartment of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6182-958X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWhile there have been several literature reviews on the performance of digital sepsis prediction technologies and clinical decision-support algorithms for adults, there remains a knowledge gap in examining the development of automated technologies for sepsis prediction in children. This scoping review will critically analyse the current evidence on the design and performance of automated digital technologies to predict paediatric sepsis, to advance their development and integration within clinical settings. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This scoping review will follow Arksey and O'Malley's framework, conducted between February and December 2022. We will further develop the protocol using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews. We plan to search the following databases: Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, Google Scholar, Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. Studies will be included on children >90 days postnatal to <21 years old, predicted to have or be at risk of developing sepsis by a digitalised model or algorithm designed for a clinical setting. Two independent reviewers will complete the abstract and full-text screening and the data extraction. Thematic analysis will be used to develop overarching concepts and present the narrative findings with quantitative results and descriptive statistics displayed in data tables. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval for this scoping review study of the available literature is not required. We anticipate that the scoping review will identify the current evidence and design characteristics of digital prediction technologies for the timely and accurate prediction of paediatric sepsis and factors influencing clinical integration. We plan to disseminate the preliminary findings from this review at national and international research conferences in global and digital health, gathering critical feedback from multidisciplinary stakeholders. SCOPING REVIEW REGISTRATION: https://osf.io/veqha/?view_only=f560d4892d7c459ea4cff6dcdfacb086.

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Digital TechnologySepsisAdultChildHumansInfant, NewbornMass ScreeningScoping Reviews as TopicHealth informaticsInformation technologyPaediatric intensive & critical carePAEDIATRICS

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PMID36414283
PMCPMC9685233

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