Guidelines and evidence-based recommendations in anaesthesia: where do we stand?. (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rong, Lisa Q.; Audisio, Katia; O'Shaughnessy, Sinead M.
• Is Part Of: British journal of anaesthesia. Volume 128:Number 6(2022)
• Page Start: 903
• Page End: 908
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: AGREE II -- clinical practice guidelines -- GRADE -- guideline quality -- rapid statements -- rigour; Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; Anesthesia -- Periodicals; 617.9605
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.025
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-0912

Abstract

Summary: Clinical practice guidelines are increasingly important to guide clinical care. However, they can vary widely in quality, and many recommendations are based on low-level evidence. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for new flexible formats for rigorously developed guidelines. Future guideline development should be standardised, graded, registered, and updated to ensure that they are 'living' works in progress.