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A process for academic societies to develop scientific statements and white papers: experience of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2018

Sushma Reddy ,
Angelo Polito ,
Sandra Staveski  and
Heidi Dalton
Sushma Reddy*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Angelo Polito
Affiliation:
Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Sandra Staveski
Affiliation:
Research in Patient Services and the Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Heidi Dalton
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Director Adult and Pediatric ECMO, INOVA Fairfax Medical Center, Falls Church, USA
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Author for correspondence: Sushma Reddy, 750 Welch Road, Suite 325, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA. Tel: 650-736-8752; Fax: 650-725-8343; E-mail: sureddy@stanford.edu
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Abstract

There are substantial knowledge gaps, practice variation, and paucity of controlled trials owing to the relatively small number of patients with critical heart disease. The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society has recognised this knowledge gap as an area needing a more comprehensive and evidence-based approach to the management of the critically ill child with heart disease. To address this, the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society created a scientific statements and white papers committee. Scientific statements and white papers will present the current state-of-the-art in areas where controversy exists, providing clinicians with guidance in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, particularly where evidence-based data are lacking. This paper provides a template for other societies and organisations faced with the task of developing scientific statements and white papers. We describe the methods used to perform a systematic literature search and evidence rating that will be used by all scientific statements and white papers emerging from the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. The Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society aims to revolutionise the care of children with heart disease by shifting our efforts from individual institution-based practices to national standardised protocols and to lay the ground work for multicentre high-impact research directions.

Keywords

Hydatid cystpericardial tumourchildrenechocardiography and scans
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , February 2019 , pp. 174 - 177
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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Footnotes

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If you would like to get involved in this voluntary activity, please contact Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society.

Cite this article: Reddy S, Polito A, Staveski S, Dalton H. (2018) A process for academic societies to develop scientific statements and white papers: experience of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. Cardiology in the Young page 174 of 177. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118002019

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