Evaluation of the current guidelines for antibacterial therapy strategies in patients with cirrhosis or liver failure

Dong, Yuzhu; Sun, Dan; Wang, Yan; Du, Qian; Zhang, Ying; Han, Ruiying; Teng, Mengmeng; Zhang, Tao; Shi, Lei; Zheng, Gezhi; Dong, Yalin; Wang, Taotao

doi:10.1186/s12879-021-07018-2

Table 1 CPGs characteristics and development methods for recommendations

From: Evaluation of the current guidelines for antibacterial therapy strategies in patients with cirrhosis or liver failure

Guideline, year	Region/country	Developers	Target group	Journal	Multidiscipli-nary team	Grading system	Evidence based	Guideline review
EASL 2018 [10]	Europe	EASL	Physicians	J Hepatol	Hepatologists	GRADE	Systematic literature review	Peer review
CMA 2018 [11]	China	LFALG, CSID; CMA; SLDALG, CSH, CMA	Physicians	J Clin Hepatol	Hepatologists	GRADE	NR	NR
EASL 2017 [12]	Europe	EASL	NR	J Hepatol	Hepatologists	GRADE	NR	Reviewers
KASL 2017 [13]	Korea	KASL	Physicians	Dig Liver Dis	KASL Committee	GRADE	Systematic literature review	External review board composed of seven KASL members
CMA 2017 [14]	China	CSH, CMA	Physicians	Chin J Gastrointest Endosc	Hepatologists	GRADE	NR	NR
NICE 2016 [15]	The United Kingdom	NICE	Physician	–	Hepatologist, Nurse Specialist, Patient/Carer Member, Pharmacist Hepatology	GRADE	Systematic literature review	NR
CMA 2016 [16]	China	CSH, CMA; CSG, CMA; CSE, CMA	Physician	J Clin Hepatobiliary Dis	Hepatologists	GRADE	NR	NR
JSG 2015 [17]	Japan	JSG	NR	J Gastroenterol	Hepatologists	GRADE	Systematic literature review	Evaluation Committee
BSG 2015 [18]	The United Kingdom	Clinical Services and Standards Committee of BSG	Clinicians and healthcare professionals	Gut	Hepatologist, gastroenterologist, Member of BSG liver section, interventional radiologist; patient representative, research nurse; Nursing representative	Oxford	Systematic literature review	External peer reviewer
APASL consensus 2014 [19]	Asia	APASL	NR	Hepatol Int	Hepatologists	Oxford	Systematic literature review, expert panel	NR
APCCMID 2013 [20]	Asia-Pacific	The member of APCCMID	Clinicians	Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int	NR	GRADE	NR	NR
AASLD 2012 [21]	America	AASLD	Physicians	–	AASLD Practice Guidelines Committee	ACC/AHA	Systematic literature review	NR
EASL 2010 [22]	Europe	EASL	NR	J Hepatol	Hepatologists	GRADE	Systematic literature review, expert opinion	Three reviewers
SIGN 2008 [23]	Scotland	SIGN	Acute physicians, gastroenterologists, gastrointestinal surgeons, endoscopists, pharmacists, anaesthetists and nurses	–	Gastroenterologist, Radiologist, Principal Pharmacist, Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner, Haematologist, Physician	SIGN methodology	Systematic literature review	Specialist review

CPGs clinical practice guidelines, EASL European Association for the Study of the Liver, CMA Chinese Medical Association, LFALG Liver Failure and Artificial Liver Group, CSID Chinese Society of Infectious Diseases, SLDALG Severe Liver Disease and Artificial Liver Group, CSH Chinese Society of Hepatology, KASL The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, CSG Chinese Society of Gastroenterology, CSE Chinese Society of Endoscopy, JSG Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, BSG the British Society of Gastroenterology, APASL Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, APCCMID Asia-Pacifc Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Consensus, AASLD The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, GRADE:Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation, ACC/AHA the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association Practice Guidelines, NR not report

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