Pediatric Surgical Safety Checklist Effectiveness Systematic Review

Janaka Lagoo's 2020 systematic review analyzes 20 studies on pediatric surgical safety checklist (SSC) effectiveness and implementation. The work synthesizes evidence from a screening process that excluded 1826 of 1921 identified studies. It explores themes like compliance measurement, stakeholder-developed strategies, and parental involvement in the SSC process.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between SSC implementation strategies and reported clinical outcomes across the 20 reviewed studies.
• Compare compliance measurement methods and feedback mechanisms described in the included literature.
• Investigate the reported value and impact of parental involvement in the SSC process as noted in three specific studies.

Strengths

• Systematic methodology with duplicate screening, reporting inter-rater reliability scores (kappa 0.77 for abstracts, 0.86 for full texts).
• Focused narrative synthesis of 20 studies deemed of sufficient quality, providing a curated evidence base.
• Explicitly examines under-researched areas like pediatric SSC integration and meaningful compliance.

Limitations

• Limited to 20 studies for final synthesis, indicating a relatively small evidence base on the specific topic.
• Clinical outcomes were not consistently affected by SSC introduction in studies without dedicated implementation strategies.
• Findings on effectiveness for high-risk patients are primarily based on evidence from developing country contexts, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Dryad, authored by Janaka Lagoo.

Collection Method

Systematic review with narrative synthesis. Data gathered from PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Central, Web of Science, and citation indices.

Time Range

Review covers literature up to its publication in 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2020-06-24.

Geography

Global, with specific findings noted from developing country contexts.