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Reece-Nguyen TL, Lee HH, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG, Szolnoki J, Fernandez AM, Mukkamala S, Lalwani K, Deutsch N, Jimenez N. Diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: A mixed methods assessment. Paediatr Anaesth 2023; 33:435-445. [PMID: 36715575 DOI: 10.1111/pan.14642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Leadership of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia created the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in 2018 to prioritize diversity work. The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee implemented a baseline survey of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia membership in 2020 to assess demographics, equity in leadership, inclusivity, and attitudes toward diversity work. The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia plays a significant role in shaping the future of pediatric anesthesiology and in supporting our diverse pediatric patients. METHODS This study is an IRB-exempt, cross-sectional survey of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia membership. Quantitative analysis provided descriptive statistics of demographics, practice characteristics, and involvement within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. Qualitative thematic analysis provided an in-depth assessment of perceptions of diversity, challenges faced, and prioritization of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. RESULTS Out of 3 242 Society for Pediatric Anesthesia members, 1 232 completed the survey representing 38% of overall membership. Respondents were 89.2% United States members, 52.7% female, 55.7% non-Hispanic White, 88.6% heterosexual, 95.7% non-military, 59.2% religious, and 2.1% have an Americans with Disabilities Act recognized disability. All major United States geographical areas were represented equally with 71% practicing in urban areas and 67% in academic settings. Ethnic/racial minorities were more likely to be international medical graduates (p < .001). Among United States members, 41.5% report being fluent in a language other than English, and 23.5% of those fluent in another language are certified to interpret. Compared to men, women are less likely to be in leadership roles (p < .003), but we found no difference in participation and leadership when stratified by race/ethnicity, geography, international medical graduate status, or sexuality. Racial/ethnic minorities (p < .028), women (p < .001), and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer members (p < .044) more frequently hold lower academic rank positions when compared to white, heterosexual, and male members. Half of respondents were unsure whether diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges existed within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia while the other half demonstrated opposing views. Among those who reported diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges, the themes centered around persistent marginalization, the need for more inclusive policies and increased psychological safety, and lack of leadership diversity. CONCLUSIONS Compared to the diversity of the pediatric population we serve, there are still significant gaps in demographic representation within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. As well, there is no consensus among Society for Pediatric Anesthesia membership regarding perceptions of diversity, equity, and inclusion in pediatric anesthesia in the United States. Among those who reported diversity challenges, opportunities for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and Anesthesiology Departments to better support minoritized members included bolstering workforce diversity efforts and awareness via more inclusive policies, improved psychological safety, and increasing diversity in leadership. If pediatric anesthesiology is like other specialties, gaining consensus and improving diversity in the workforce might advance pediatric anesthesia innovation, quality, and safety for children of all backgrounds in the United States.
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Affiliation(s)
- Travis L Reece-Nguyen
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Children's National Hospital, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Washington, Seattle, USA
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Matava CT, Kovatsis PG, Summers JL, Castro P, Denning S, Yu J, Lockman JL, Von Ungern-Sternberg B, Sabato S, Lee LK, Ayad I, Mireles S, Lardner D, Whyte S, Szolnoki J, Jagannathan N, Thompson N, Stein ML, Dalesio N, Greenberg R, McCloskey J, Peyton J, Evans F, Haydar B, Reynolds P, Chiao F, Taicher B, Templeton T, Bhalla T, Raman VT, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz A, Gálvez J, Tan J, Rehman M, Crockett C, Olomu P, Szmuk P, Glover C, Matuszczak M, Galvez I, Hunyady A, Polaner D, Gooden C, Hsu G, Gumaney H, Pérez-Pradilla C, Kiss EE, Theroux MC, Lau J, Asaf S, Ingelmo P, Engelhardt T, Hervías M, Greenwood E, Javia L, Disma N, Yaster M, Fiadjoe JE. Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 Patients: Consensus Guidelines From the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society. Anesth Analg 2020; 131:61-73. [PMID: 32287142 PMCID: PMC7173403 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000004872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) pandemic has challenged medical systems and clinicians globally to unforeseen levels. Rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced clinicians to care for patients with a highly contagious disease without evidence-based guidelines. Using a virtual modified nominal group technique, the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative (PeDI-C), which currently includes 35 hospitals from 6 countries, generated consensus guidelines on airway management in pediatric anesthesia based on expert opinion and early data about the disease. PeDI-C identified overarching goals during care, including minimizing aerosolized respiratory secretions, minimizing the number of clinicians in contact with a patient, and recognizing that undiagnosed asymptomatic patients may shed the virus and infect health care workers. Recommendations include administering anxiolytic medications, intravenous anesthetic inductions, tracheal intubation using video laryngoscopes and cuffed tracheal tubes, use of in-line suction catheters, and modifying workflow to recover patients from anesthesia in the operating room. Importantly, PeDI-C recommends that anesthesiologists consider using appropriate personal protective equipment when performing aerosol-generating medical procedures in asymptomatic children, in addition to known or suspected children with COVID-19. Airway procedures should be done in negative pressure rooms when available. Adequate time should be allowed for operating room cleaning and air filtration between surgical cases. Research using rigorous study designs is urgently needed to inform safe practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Until further information is available, PeDI-C advises that clinicians consider these guidelines to enhance the safety of health care workers during airway management when performing aerosol-generating medical procedures. These guidelines have been endorsed by the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society.
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- Clyde T. Matava
- From the Department of Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Children’s Hospital of Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- From the Department of Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Department of Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
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- Department of Anesthesia, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- From the Department of Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Children’s Hospital of Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
- Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
- Department of Anesthesia, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Anesthesiology, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Anesthesiology; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
- Department of Anesthesiology, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago, Illinois
- Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest, North Carolina
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Akron Children’s Hospital, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Akron, Ohio
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern and Children’s Health System of Texas, Dallas, Texas
- Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
- Department of Anesthesia, Hospital Son Espases, Illes Balears, Spain
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Anesthesiology, Instituto de Ortopedia Infantil Roosevelt, Bogotá, Colombia
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health System of Texas, Dallas, Texas
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Anesthesiology, Arkansas Children’s Hospital & University of Arkansas & Medical Science Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- /label>Pediatric Anesthesia Unit, Cardiac and Neonatal Section, Gregorio Marañón University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest, North Carolina
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Akron Children’s Hospital, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Akron, Ohio
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- From the Department of Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern and Children’s Health System of Texas, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Anesthesia, Hospital Son Espases, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Clinical Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health System of Texas, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Arkansas Children’s Hospital & University of Arkansas & Medical Science Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- /label>Pediatric Anesthesia Unit, Cardiac and Neonatal Section, Gregorio Marañón University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- From the Department of Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Health System of Texas, Dallas, Texas
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