The Methodological Approach Used to Develop the 2013 Pain, Agitation, and Delirium Clinical Practice Guidelines for Adult ICU Patients

OBJECTIVE: In 2006, the American College of Critical Care Medicine assembled a 20-member task force to revise the 2002 guidelines for sedation and analgesia in critically ill adults. This article describes the methodological approach used to develop the American College of Critical Care Medicine's 2013 ICU Pain, Agitation, and Delirium Clinical Practice Guidelines. DESIGN: Review article.