Table 3.
Summary of Delphi rounds 1 and 3 results. Scores highlighted in italics indicate both scores for that endpoint meet criteria to be proposed as final endpoints. CRP, C-reactive protein; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome; WBC, white blood cell count
| Summary of item | Delphi round 1 (n=8) |
Delphi round 3 (n=8) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsure | Median score | Scores ≥7 (%) | Unsure | Median score | Scores ≥7 (%) | |
| 1a. Fever | 0 | 7.5 | 63 | 0 | 8.0 | 88 |
| 1b. CRP measure | 0 | 6.0 | 25 | 0 | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1c. Procalcitonin and other biomarkers | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 13 |
| 1d. WBC/pattern | 0 | 6.5 | 50 | 0 | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1e. Antibiotic use | 0 | 8.0 | 88 | 0 | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2a. Respiratory infectious complication | 0 | 8.0 | 100 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 2b. Neurological infectious complication | 0 | 8.0 | 100 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 2c. Urological/genitourinary complication | 0 | 8.0 | 100 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 2d. Clostridium difficile colitis or infection | 1 | 8.0 | 63 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 2e. Endometritis | 0 | 8.0 | 88 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 3. Identification of pathogenic organism from culture | 0 | 8.0 | 75 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 4a. Surgical site infection | 0 | 8.0 | 88 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 4b. Superficial incisional surgical site infection | 0 | 8.5 | 100 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 4c. Deep incisional surgical site infection | 0 | 8.5 | 100 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 4d. Organ/space surgical site infection | 0 | 8.5 | 100 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 5a. Sepsis | 0 | 8.0 | 75 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 5b. Septic shock | 0 | 8.0 | 75 | 0 | 8.0 | 100 |
| 5c. SIRS | 0 | 7.0 | 63 | |||