Guidelines and evidence-based recommendations in anaesthesia: where do we stand?
Br J Anaesth 2022;
128:903-908. [PMID:
35314064 PMCID:
PMC8933135 DOI:
10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.025]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
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.
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