Endorsement of clinical practice guidelines by the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Marius Rehn; Michelle S Chew; Klaus T Olkkola; Kristinn Örn Sverrison; Arvi Yli-Hankala; Morten Hylander Møller

doi:10.1111/aas.13306

Endorsement of clinical practice guidelines by the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2019 Feb;63(2):161-163. doi: 10.1111/aas.13306. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Authors

Marius Rehn^{1

2

3}, Michelle S Chew⁴, Klaus T Olkkola⁵, Kristinn Örn Sverrison⁶, Arvi Yli-Hankala^{7

8}, Morten Hylander Møller⁹

Affiliations

¹ Pre-hospital division, Air ambulance department, Oslo university hospital, Oslo, Norway.
² The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drøbak, Norway.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medicine and Health, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland.
⁷ Department of Anaesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
⁹ Department of Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 30511469
DOI: 10.1111/aas.13306

Abstract

Clinical practice guidelines from other organizations or societies with assumed clinical and contextualized relevance for Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) members, may trigger a formal evaluation by The Clinical Practice Committee (CPC) for possible SSAI endorsement. This avoids unnecessary duplicate processes and minimizes resource-waste. Identified guidelines are assessed for endorsement using the Appraisal of Guidelines for REsearch and Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument. The SSAI CPC utilizes the AGREE II online coordinated group appraisal platform to assess the methodological rigor and transparency in which the guideline was developed. The results of the assessment, including the decision to endorse or not, are presented to the SSAI Board for sanctioning. This document briefly outlines the process for evaluation of non-SSAI guidelines by the CPC for possible SSAI endorsement.

Keywords: AGREE II; anaesthesia; critical care; practice guideline.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Anesthesiology / standards*
Critical Care / standards*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
Societies, Medical