Safety, quality & education

Methodology series of European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) guidelines: standards in guidelines production

Eur J AnaesthesiolPublished Methodological guidance

Methodological detailsguideline methodology statement
  • Guideline methodology statement

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. From 2025, ESAIC will progressively adopt the GRADE approach to enhance guideline quality and applicability

  2. Core principles: systematic reviews, multidisciplinary development, conflict-of-interest management, transparent evidence-to-recommendation link, specific and actionable recommendations

  3. Strong

    One option offers a clear net benefit and should be implemented with all or nearly all patients

  4. Conditional

    Uncertainty in the benefit–harm balance; careful consideration of clinical contexts and patient values needed

Original publication

Methodology series of ESAIC guidelines: standards in guidelines production. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 23 December 2025. doi:10.1097/eja.0000000000002341

Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →

Get them every week

New studies on this topic in My Week and in your Monday e-mail.

We e-mail you a sign-in link and a code. No password, no spam.