The Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group (PCCG) Consensus Conference Methodology

Courtney K Derderian; Christopher A Derderian; Allison Fernandez; Chris D Glover; Susan Goobie; Jennifer K Hansen; Michael King; Jane Kugler; Shih-Shan Lang; Petra Meier-Haran; Olivia Nelson; Srijaya K Reddy; Russell Reid; Karene Ricketts; Stephen A Rottgers; Davinder Singh; Peter Szmuk; Brad M Taicher; Jesse Taylor; Paul A Stricker

doi:10.1111/pan.14066

The Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group (PCCG) Consensus Conference Methodology

Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 Feb;31(2):145-149. doi: 10.1111/pan.14066. Epub 2020 Nov 28.

Authors

Courtney K Derderian¹, Christopher A Derderian², Allison Fernandez³, Chris D Glover⁴, Susan Goobie⁵, Jennifer K Hansen⁶, Michael King⁷, Jane Kugler⁸, Shih-Shan Lang⁹, Petra Meier-Haran⁵, Olivia Nelson¹⁰, Srijaya K Reddy¹¹, Russell Reid¹², Karene Ricketts¹³, Stephen A Rottgers¹⁴, Davinder Singh¹⁵, Peter Szmuk¹, Brad M Taicher¹⁶, Jesse Taylor¹⁷, Paul A Stricker¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pediatric Anesthesia, University of Texas Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
² Department of Plastic Surgery and Craniofacial Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, FL, USA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Pediatric Anesthesia, Baylor University School of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Pediatric Anesthesia, Harvard University School of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Division, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Kansas Health System, Kansas City, KS, USA.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine/Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁸ Department of Anesthesiology, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesia and Pediatric Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pediatric Anesthesia, University of Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA.
¹² Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹³ Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, FL, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Plastic Surgery, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Plastic Surgery and Craniofacial Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 33174262
DOI: 10.1111/pan.14066

Abstract

Objective: This article describes the methodology used for the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group (PCCG) Consensus Conference.

Design: This is a novel Consensus Conference of national experts in Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery and Anesthesia, who will follow standards set by the Institute of Medicine and using the Research and Development/University of California, Los Angeles appropriateness method, modeled after the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative. Topics related to pediatric craniofacial anesthesia for open cranial vault surgery were divided into twelve subgroups with a systematic review of the literature.

Setting: A group of 20 content experts met virtually between 2019 and 2020 and will collaborate in their selected topics related to perioperative management for pediatric open cranial vault surgery for craniosynostosis. These groups will also identify where future research is needed.

Conclusions: Experts in pediatric craniofacial surgery and anesthesiology are developing recommendations on behalf of the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group for perioperative management of patients undergoing open cranial vault surgery for craniosynostosis and identifying future research priorities.

Keywords: anesthesia; craniofacial surgery; craniosynostosis; open cranial vault surgery; pediatric anesthesia.

Publication types

Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Anemia*
Blood Transfusion
Child
Craniosynostoses* / surgery
Critical Care
Humans
Infant
Skull