title: A modified Delphi method to create a scoring system for assessing team performance during maternal cardiopulmonary arrest.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Maternal cardiopulmonary arrest is a rare but often fatal emergency. The authors used a modified Delphi method to create a checklist of tasks for practitioners.
  
  
  METHODS
  Within each round, experts ranked tasks on a scale from zero through five. Consensus was defined a priori as 80% exact agreement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three rounds were required to achieve consensus resulting in a checklist of 45 tasks. Round One results revealed five tasks, Round Two included 25 tasks, and Round Three resulted in 29 tasks with 80% exact agreement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The modified Delphi method resulted in a weighted scoring system that can be used to objectively assess team performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL , USA .
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Banayan
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blood
authors.forename: Yoon Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sajid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shahul
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Scavone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D032921:Consensus; D003697:Delphi Technique; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: Maternal morbidity and mortality; pregnancy; resuscitation.