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Guidelines for the Management of Children and Adolescent with COVID-19: protocol for an update
Qi Zhou1,2, Weiguo Li3, Siya Zhao4
1The First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Insights
This study updates rapid advice guidelines for managing COVID-19 in children and adolescents. The new standard guidelines incorporate the latest evidence and expert experience for reliable recommendations.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Infectious Diseases
- Public Health
Background:
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a significant global health challenge.
- Existing guidelines require updates to reflect the latest evidence for managing pediatric COVID-19.
- The rapid advice guideline working group aims to enhance recommendations for children and adolescents.
Purpose of the Study:
- To update previous rapid advice guidelines into comprehensive standard guidelines for COVID-19 management in children and adolescents.
- To ensure timeliness and reliability of recommendations by incorporating the latest clinical evidence.
Main Methods:
- The guideline update will follow the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and Spanish National Health System (SNHS) CPG update manuals.
- Adherence to the RIGHT (Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare) and CheckUp (Checklist for the Reporting of Updated Guidelines) checklists.
- Systematic search, evaluation, and grading of available clinical evidence.
Main Results:
- The update process involves integrating evidence-based findings with expert clinical experience.
- Patient and caretaker preferences will be considered in the guideline development.
- The registered guideline update (IPGRP-2020CN101) ensures transparency and adherence to standards.
Conclusions:
- The updated standard guidelines will provide high-quality, implementable recommendations for pediatric COVID-19 management.
- These guidelines aim to support frontline clinicians and improve patient care during the ongoing epidemic.
Background:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a constant threat to people's lives, bringing huge challenges to the global public health and medical service system. In order to ensure the timeliness and reliability of the recommendations in guidelines, the working group of the Rapid Advice Guidelines for Management of Children with COVID-19 decided to update the guideline to incorporate the latest evidence to guide the management of COVID-19 in children and adolescent.
Methods:
We will update the guidelines, originally developed as a rapid advice guideline, into a standard guideline. We will follow the clinical practice guideline (CPG) update manuals of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Spanish National Health System (SNHS). The updated guidelines will also follow the RIGHT (Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare) checklist and Checklist for the Reporting of Updated Guidelines (CheckUp).
Discussion:
Through systematic search, evaluation and grading of the best available relevant clinical evidence, combined with the experience of frontline clinical experts in the fight against the epidemic and the wishes of patients and their caretakers, we will update our previous rapid advice guidelines into a high-quality, implementable standard guidelines for the management of COVID-19 in children and adolescent.
Trial Registration:
The standard guideline update has been registered at the International Practice Guidelines Registry Platform (http://guidelines-registry.cn/?lang=en, registration No. IPGRP-2020CN101).
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