Twitter Hashtags for Anesthesiologists: Building Global Communities

Gai, Nan; Matava, Clyde

doi:10.1213/xaa.0000000000000853

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“…The study was performed on the WhatsApp™ platform so is limited in analysis to this platform. It is possible that other groups may exist on the same platform or other social networks; the interactions on these platforms were not captured in this study 19–23 . The COVID pandemic may have changed the perceptions and patterns of use of WhatsApp™ or social media among pediatric anesthesiologists, and its impact has yet to be determined.…”

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The role of WhatsApp™ in pediatric difficult airway management: A study from the PeDI Collaborative

Pankiv,

Achaibar,

Hossain

et al. 2023

Pediatric Anesthesia

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BackgroundManagement of the pediatric difficult airway can present unique clinical challenges. The Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative (PeDI‐C) is an international collaborative group engaging in quality improvement and research in children with difficult airways. The PeDI‐C established a WhatsApp™ group to facilitate real‐time discussions around the management of the difficult airway in pediatric patients. The goals of this study were to evaluate the patterns of use of the WhatsApp™ group, themes on messages posted on pediatric difficult airway management and to assess the perceived usefulness of the WhatsApp™ group by the PeDI‐C members.MethodFollowing research ethics approval, we performed a database analysis on the archived discussion of the PeDI‐C WhatsApp™ group from 2014 to 2019 and surveyed members to assess the perceived usefulness of the PeDI‐C WhatsApp™ group.Results5781 messages were reviewed with 350 (6.0%) original stems. The three most common original stem types were advice seeking 98 (28%), announcements 85 (24.2%), and clinical case‐sharing 78 (22.2%). The median number of responses to original stems was 9 [2–21.3]. Post types associated with increased responses included those seeking advice on medication/equipment (regression coefficient 0.78, 95% CI [0.41–1.16]; p < .0001); seeking advice on patient care (regression coefficient 1.16, 95% CI [0.86–1.45]; p < .0001), sharing advice on medication/equipment availability (regression coefficient 0.87, 95% CI [0.33–1.40], p < .0016), and clinical case‐sharing (regression coefficient 1.2547, 95% CI [0.9401–1.5693] p < .0001). 46/64 members of the group responded to the survey. Replies offering advice regarding patient management scenarios were found to be of most interest and 77% of surveyed members found the discussion translatable into their own clinical practice.DiscussionThe PeDI‐C WhatsApp™ group has facilitated timely knowledge exchange on pediatric difficult airway management across the world. Participants are satisfied with the role the Whatsapp™ group is playing.

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confidence: 99%

The role of WhatsApp™ in pediatric difficult airway management: A study from the PeDI Collaborative

Pankiv,

Achaibar,

Hossain

et al. 2023

Pediatric Anesthesia

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“…A hashtag is defined as a metadata tag that precedes a word or phrase, allowing digital content identification as relating to a specific theme or topic. It is often used on social media websites and applications as a form of user‐generated tagging of content 12–16 . Each time the hashtag is potentially seen, it creates an impression or impact.…”

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“…It is often used on social media websites and applications as a form of user-generated tagging of content. [12][13][14][15][16] Each time the hashtag is potentially seen, it creates an impression or impact. The impact or impression of a hashtag therefore is a total tally of all the times the tweet has been seen and the number of times it appears in a user's timeline and the number of times it has appeared in search or as a result of someone liking the tweet.…”

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An exploratory analysis of pediatric anesthesia activity on Twitter using the #pedsanes hashtag

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Mariano

Kou

et al. 2023

Pediatric Anesthesia

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Background: The use of social media within the medical field has rapidly evolved over the past two decades, with Twitter being one of the most common platforms of engagement. The use of hashtags such as #pedsanes has been reported as a community builder around the subject of pediatric anesthesia. Understanding the use of #pedsanes can inform dissemination of pediatric anesthesia content and discourse.We aimed to describe the distribution and patterns of tweets and contributors using #pedsanes across the globe.Methods: Using Tweetbinder (https://www.tweet binder.com) and the R package "academictwitteR," we extracted tweets that included the hashtag "#pedsanes" from March 14, 2016 to March 10, 2022. Tweets were analyzed for frequency, type, unique users, impact and reach, language, content, and the most common themes.Results: A total of 58 724 tweets were retrieved; 22 071 (38.8%) were original tweets including 3247 replies, while 35 971 (61.2%) were retweets all generated by over 5946 contributors located in at least 122 countries. The frequency distribution of tweets gradually increased over time with peaks in activity corresponding to major pediatric anesthesia societal meetings and during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The most retweeted and most liked posts included images.Discussion: We report the widespread and increasing use of social media and the "#pedsanes" hashtag within the pediatric anesthesia and medical community over time. It remains unknown the extent to which Twitter hashtag activity translates to changes in clinical practice. However, the #pedsanes hashtag appears to play a key role in disseminating pediatric anesthesia information globally.

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“…In addition to routinely checking one's timeline or homepage of a social media platform, users can employ powerful search functions in these platforms to locate posts that include words, phrases or hashtags of interest to anaesthetists [9]. These include #regionalanaesthesia, #OBAnes, #Anaesthesia and #PedsAnes [9]. On Twitter, a user can perform rapid targeted searches of a specific account by typing in ‘from: username’ and any keywords or hashtags.…”

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confidence: 99%