Delphi prioritization and development of global surgery guidelines for the prevention of surgical-site infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most clinical guidelines are developed by high-income country institutions with little consideration given to either the evidence base for interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), or the specific challenges LMIC health systems may face in implementing recommendations. The aim of this study was to prioritize topics for future global surgery guidelines and then to develop a guideline for the top ranked topic.

Methods

A Delphi exercise identified and prioritized topics for guideline development. Once the top priority topic had been identified, relevant existing guidelines were identified and their recommendations were extracted. Recommendations were shortlisted if they were supported by at least two separate guidelines. Following two voting rounds,

SUBMITTER: National Institute for Health Research Global Research Health Unit on Global Surgery 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317442 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature