Journal article
Quality of evidence is a key determinant for making a strong GRADE guidelines recommendation
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to assess the association between Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) factors and the strength of recommendations.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: The study was conducted as part of the development of clinical practice guideline (CPG) by American Association of Blood Banking related to role of prophylactic vs. therapeutic transfusion for the management of …
Authors
Djulbegovic B; Kumar A; Kaufman RM; Tobian A; Guyatt GH
Journal
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol. 68, No. 7, pp. 727–732
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.12.015
ISSN
0895-4356