Un modelo para el desarrollo de guías de práctica clínica de subespecialidades: las Guías del Departamento de

Satheesh Gunaga1,2,3, Christopher R Carpenter4, Maura Kennedy5,6

  • 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Health, Wyandotte Hospital, Wyandotte, Michigan, USA.

Las directrices originales basadas en el consenso para el Departamento de Emergencias Geriátricas (GED, por sus siglas en inglés), publicadas en 2014, establecieron un marco de principios fundamentales para brindar una atención de urgencias de alta calidad y adecuada a la edad para los adultos mayores. En respuesta a los avances significativos en la investigación de la medicina de urgencias geriátrica y la evolución de las prioridades clínicas, desarrollamos las Directrices GED 2.0 para garantizar su relevancia continua, utilidad clínica y rigor basado en la evidencia. Este documento conceptual describe el proceso sistemático e iterativo llevado a cabo para actualizar las directrices, incluida la formación de grupos de trabajo multidisciplinarios y la aplicación de la metodología GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation). A diferencia de las Directrices GED originales, nuestro enfoque priorizó la transparencia metodológica, la gradación formal de la evidencia y la construcción de consensos fundamentados en revisiones sistemáticas y metaanálisis. Describimos la identificación, el reclutamiento y la colaboración de expertos clínicos y académicos multidisciplinarios que trabajaron conjuntamente para mejorar la atención de los adultos mayores en el departamento de emergencias. A través de este esfuerzo multidisciplinario, se seleccionaron dominios geriátricos clave, se identificaron temas prioritarios y se realizaron revisiones sistemáticas y metaanálisis para generar una base de evidencia robusta para el futuro desarrollo de directrices y políticas. Las Directrices GED 2.0 representan el primer esfuerzo de directrices de una subespecialidad de medicina de urgencias (EM) en adoptar plenamente el marco GRADE, ofreciendo un modelo novedoso para el desarrollo futuro de directrices en EM.

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