On the future of guidelines

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“GRADE is an excellent way to exhaust all the volunteers on the guideline committee but probably will not help much in putting together the final recommendations.”, exclaimed a respected intensivist during a clinical practice guideline panel meeting. The remark underscored how guideline development is often slow and resource intensive. Yet, on reflection, most people acknowledge that the benefits of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach have been remarkable, and its influence on evidence-based medicine and daily clinical practice remains central [1]. This forward-looking comment on the evolving landscape of clinical practice guideline development highlights both challenges and opportunities, beginning with a comparison of guideline formats, and followed by emerging approaches to evidence appraisal.

Ce résumé expose les affirmations des auteurs. BNTIC ne l’interprète pas comme une validation indépendante des résultats.