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Editorial
. 2022 Jun;128(6):903-908.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.025. Epub 2022 Mar 19.

Guidelines and evidence-based recommendations in anaesthesia: where do we stand?

Lisa Q Rong  1 , Katia Audisio  2 , Sinead M O'Shaughnessy  3
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Editorial

Guidelines and evidence-based recommendations in anaesthesia: where do we stand?

Lisa Q Rong et al. Br J Anaesth. 2022 Jun.

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.

Keywords: AGREE II; GRADE; clinical practice guidelines; guideline quality; rapid statements; rigour.

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