Table 4.
Delphi stage 3, HPP ranking of research topics in PEM (n=28 respondents)
| HPP rank | Item | Mean priority (SD) | Delphi rank |
| 1 (167) | Biomarkers in sepsis | 5.09 (0.92) | 2 |
| 2 (162) | Risk stratification in sepsis | 5.11 (.99) | 1 |
| 3 (150) | Practice variation in sepsis | 5.03 (0.92) | 4 |
| 4 (147) | Practice variation in fever | 4.66 (1.08) | 6 |
| 5 (146) | Biomarkers in fever | 5.06 (1.06) | 3 |
| 6 (144) | Practice variation in RTI | 4.60 (0.91) | 7 |
| 7 (141) | Risk stratification in fever | 4.94 (1.00) | 5 |
| 8 (140) | Risk stratification in RTI | 4.5 (1.04) | 9 |
| 9 (133) | Biomarkers in RTI | 4.54 (1.20) | 8 |
| 10 (127) | Practice variation in trauma | 4.37 (1.00) | 10 |
| 11 (124) | Risk stratification in trauma | 4.29 (1.32) | 11 |
| NA | Biomarkers in trauma | 3.91 (1.40) | 12 |
HPP, Hanlon prioritisation process; NA, not available; PEM, paediatric emergency medicine.