Standard operating procedures for ESPEN guidelines and consensus papers

Bischoff, Stephan C. and Singer, Pierre and Koller, Michael and Barazzoni, Rocco and Cederholm, Tommy and van Gossum, Andre (2015) Standard operating procedures for ESPEN guidelines and consensus papers. CLINICAL NUTRITION, 34 (6). pp. 1043-1051. ISSN 0261-5614, 1532-1983

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Abstract

The ESPEN Guideline standard operating procedures (SOP) is based on the methodology provided by the Association of Scientific Medical Societies of Germany (AWMF), the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), and the Centre for Evidence-based Medicine at the University of Oxford. The SOP is valid and obligatory for all future ESPEN-sponsored guideline projects aiming to generate high-quality guidelines on a regular basis. The SOP aims to facilitate the preparation of guideline projects, to streamline the consensus process, to ensure quality and transparency, and to facilitate the dissemination and publication of ESPEN guidelines. To achieve this goal, the ESPEN Guidelines Editorial board (GEB) has been established headed by two chairmen. The GEB will support and supervise the guideline processes and is responsible for the strategic planning of ESPEN guideline activities. Key elements of the SOP are the generation of well-built clinical questions according to the PICO system, a systemic literature search, a classification of the selected literature according to the SIGN evidence levels providing an evidence table, and a clear and straight-forward consensus procedure consisting of online voting's and a consensus conference. Only experts who meet the obligation to disclosure any potential conflict of interests and who are not employed by the Industry can participate in the guideline process. All recommendations will be graded according to the SIGN grading and novel outcome models besides biomedical endpoints. This approach will further extent the leadership of ESPEN in creating up-to-date and suitable for implementation guidelines and in sharing knowledge on malnutrition and clinical nutrition. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ERAS(R) SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONS; BIOELECTRICAL-IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; SURGERY ENHANCED RECOVERY; WORKING GROUP-REPORT; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; ADULT PATIENTS; NUTRITION; DISEASE; Guideline; Position paper; Standard operating procedure; Evidence level; Recommendation grading; Clinical nutrition
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Klinische Studien
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2019 11:12
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2019 11:12
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/4366

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