Protocol for the development of NHMRC-endorsed guidelines for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation using GRADE methodology

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q3 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Critical Care and Resuscitation Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ccrj.2024.11.002

Sally F. Newman BN, PGCert , Zachary Munn PhD, GradDip HlthSc, BMedRad , Craig French FCICM , Hergen Buscher DEAA, EDIC, FCICM , Daniel Thomas Chung BMed MD , Myles Smith MBBS, MBiostat, EDIC, FCICM , Madeline Wilkinson MD, MN , Priya Nair MBBS MD, FCICM, PhD

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Abstract

Introduction

The last 15 years have seen a rapid expansion in the use of extracorporeal life support. ECMO has evolved from a rescue treatment available in a few expert centres to an organ support modality for many forms of severe respiratory or cardiovascular failure. There is currently wide variation around the indications for, management of, and systems to support the practice of ECMO. There are few available guidelines on this topic; most have limitations and are not readily generalisable to the Australian or New Zealand healthcare systems.

Methods and analysis

This article aims to describe the processes that will be used to produce evidence-based guidelines on the use of ECMO in Australia and New Zealand. The protocol is informed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Guidelines for Guidelines, and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) framework.

Analysis of available evidence on the identified questions follows a three-phase approach. Firstly, published guidelines will be identified and an assessment of their relevance, methodology and validity carried out. If there are no guidelines on the topic, the second step involves a search and evaluation of systematic reviews. Lastly, a de-novo systematic analysis of primary literature will be undertaken where no systematic reviews are available. The development process will be conducted using the GRADEpro and Covidence software for de novo systematic reviews.

Dissemination

The guideline will be published in peer-reviewed journals and summaries will be provided to end-users via the GRADEpro GDT application.

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Critical Care and Resuscitation CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE-

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7.70

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期刊介绍： ritical Care and Resuscitation (CC&R) is the official scientific journal of the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM). The Journal is a quarterly publication (ISSN 1441-2772) with original articles of scientific and clinical interest in the specialities of Critical Care, Intensive Care, Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine and related disciplines. The Journal is received by all Fellows and trainees, along with an increasing number of subscribers from around the world. The CC&R Journal currently has an impact factor of 3.3, placing it in 8th position in world critical care journals and in first position in the world outside the USA and Europe.