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01-11-2019 | Care | Editorial

Intensive care medicine rapid practice guidelines (ICM-RPG): paving the road of the future

Authors: Waleed Alhazzani, Morten Hylander Møller, Emilie Belley-Cote, Giuseppe Citerio

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2019

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Over the past decade, clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have undergone extensive and rapid development. The credibility of CPGs is proportional to the methodological rigour, effective management of conflict of interest (COI), incorporation of patients’ values and preferences, and transparency of judgments. With the emergence of the Grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluation (GRADE) approach, CPG development has become systematic, transparent, and based on explicit judgments. The GRADE approach is an essential component of trustworthy CPGs. GRADE has been adopted by more than 100 organisations worldwide, including the Cochrane Collaboration, the World Health Organization, UpToDate, and many professional societies within critical care [1]. Intensive care medicine (ICM) now joins this list. Here, we provide an introduction and overview of the new series in ICM rapid practice guidelines (ICM-RPGs). …

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Title: Intensive care medicine rapid practice guidelines (ICM-RPG): paving the road of the future
Authors: Waleed Alhazzani
Morten Hylander Møller
Emilie Belley-Cote
Giuseppe Citerio
Publication date: 01-11-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Care
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2019
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05786-9

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