Consensus Statements on Airway Clearance Interventions in Intubated Critically Ill Patients--Protocol for a Delphi Study

Healthcare professionals will be selected as panelists based on the following criteria: Inclusion criteria: * at least 5 years of clinical experience, with care for invasively ventilated patients (teaching and non-teaching); and * participation in development of a guideline or authorship of at least one peer reviewed published paper in airway care for invasive ventilated patients; and * not more than 70% of the panelists from each sex; and from each of high and low- and middle-income countries. Exclusion criteria: \- none Purposive sampling will be utilized to recruit panelists by reviewing recent publications in the field of airway care for invasive ventilated patients. Selection of panelists will be guided by predefined criteria, with deliberate efforts to ensure a balance in gender and geographical representation.