Table 2.

Priority ranking Delphi stage 2, survey 1 (n=39 respondents)

Type	Topic	Mean priority (SD)	Lowest priority assigned	Highest priority assigned	% prioritising 5 or higher
C	Sepsis	4.97 (1.04)	2	6	69.2
C	Fever	4.95 (1.15)	2	6	69.2
C	Respiratory illness	4.87 (1.06)	2	6	71.8
C	Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest	4.67 (1.36)	2	6	56.4
C	Child abuse	4.36 (1.04)	2	6	46.2
C	Care for refugee children	3.87 (1.32)	1	6	35.9
I	Risk stratification	5.08 (0.98)	2	6	74.4
I	Biomarkers	5.05 (0.83)	3	6	79.5
I	New PED technologies	5.05 (0.97)	3	6	76.9
P	Knowledge translation/implementation	4.69 (1.03)	2	6	61.5
P	Antibiotic stewardship	4.69 (1.26)	1	6	59.0
P	Pathways of PED conditions	4.59 (1.04)	2	6	61.5
I	Triage	4.59 (1.19)	2	6	61.5
I	Ultrasonography	4.54 (1.17)	1	6	61.5
P	Simulation	4.54 (1.32)	2	6	51.3
I	Procedural sedation and analgesia	4.51 (1.21)	1	6	59.0
P	PED organisation	4.44 (1.21)	2	6	46.2
P	Patient-reported outcomes	4.33 (1.24)	1	6	41.0
I	PEWS	4.23 (1.20)	2	6	46.2

C, condition, I, intervention; P, process; PED, paediatric emergency department; PEWS, paediatric early warning score.