The CIA Score: a Learner's Tool

The goal of this project is to use a previously described scoring system - the CIA system - as a teaching tool to help learners assess the bleeding risk of peripheral nerve blocks. We will teach the CIA system to residents, then they will complete a survey in which they apply the system to various peripheral nerve blocks. We hypothesize that the CIA system will allow learners to reach the same consensus about bleeding risk as expert opinions.

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Key information

Conditions

Anesthesia, Local

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Stanford University

Stanford, California, 94305, United States

About this study

Prior survey of Stanford and Palo Alto VA regional anesthesiologists showed diverging assessments of whether various blocks are considered superficial or deep. Investigators hope to have a simple systematic approach to "scoring" regional anesthesia procedures which can be used as a basis for discussion and comparison of regional expert's opinions.

A scoring system using three categories of consideration to classify any regional procedure is proposed. The following three categories, Critical, Intervention, and Assess (CIA) can be used to analyze any procedure to determine bleeding risk. A score of 0 or 1, was given to each parameter depending on whether it was absent or present. A total score can be range from 0 to 3. From this, the risk can be categorized based on the total score as low-risk (0), intermediate-risk (1) or high-risk (2 or 3).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Regional Anesthesiologist and interested staff from Stanford

Exclusion criteria

Non-regional anesthesiologists and non-interested staff at Stanford

Treatment and study plan

Survey

Other

There will be no interventions for study participants. Participants will be asked to complete a survey.

Primary outcomes

CIA score by trainees

Time frame: 2 months

The bleeding risk of each peripheral nerve block as assessed by trainees, using the CIA scoring system.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

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Registry information

Official study title

Critical, Intervention, Assess: Using the CIA System as a Learning Tool to Assess Bleeding Risk in Regional Anesthesia.

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Dec 10, 2021
Registry last updated: Mar 16, 2022

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