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Title: GRADE Guidance: Update on Developing Good Practice Statements in Guidelines.
Authors: Dewidar O; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, and Bruyère Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (O.D.)., Akl EA; Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (E.A.A.)., Morgano GP; European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (G.P.M.)., Parmelli E; European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (E.P., Z.S.-P.)., Saz-Parkinson Z; European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy (E.P., Z.S.-P.)., Langendam MW; Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, and Methodology Program, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (M.W.L.)., Meerpohl JJ; Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, and Cochrane Germany, Cochrane Germany Foundation, Freiburg, Germany (J.J.M.)., Marti M; Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, Universal Health Coverage/Lifecourse Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (M.Marti)., Mayer M; EBSCO Clinical Decisions, EBSCO, Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Open Door Clinic, Cone Health, Burlington, North Carolina (M.Mayer)., Djulbegovic B; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina (B.D.)., Brignardello-Petersen R; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (R.B.-P., D.K.C., A.I., A.D., G.G.)., Chu DK; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (R.B.-P., D.K.C., A.I., A.D., G.G.)., Murad MH; Evidence-Based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (M.H.M.)., Canelo-Aybar C; Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau) and Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Sant Antoni Maria Claret, Barcelona, Spain (C.C.-A., M.X.R.-R., D.R.C.)., Mathew JL; Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India (J.L.M.)., Alonso-Coello P; Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau) and Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Sant Antoni Maria Claret, Barcelona, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain (P.A.-C.)., Qaseem A; American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.Q.)., Schwingshackl L; Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (L.S.)., Bognanni A; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Clinical Epidemiology and Research Center, Humanitas University and IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy (A.B.)., Rojas-Reyes MX; Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau) and Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Sant Antoni Maria Claret, Barcelona, Spain (C.C.-A., M.X.R.-R., D.R.C.)., Morgan RL; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (R.L.M.)., Klugar M; Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech GRADE Network, Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic, Prague, and JBI Center for Evidence-Based Education and Arts Therapies, Faculty of Education, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic (M.K.)., Rigau Comas D; Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau) and Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Sant Antoni Maria Claret, Barcelona, Spain (C.C.-A., M.X.R.-R., D.R.C.)., Stallings E; Unidad de Bioestadística Clínica, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, CIBERESP, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain (E.S.)., Iorio A; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (R.B.-P., D.K.C., A.I., A.D., G.G.)., Tugwell P; Ottawa Centre for Health Equity, Bruyère Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity, Bruyère Health Research Institute; and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (P.T.)., Darzi A; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (R.B.-P., D.K.C., A.I., A.D., G.G.)., Turgeon AF; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Université Laval Research Center, Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine), and Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada (A.F.T.)., Shamliyan TA; Center for Evidence Reviews, Division of Clinical Policy, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (T.A.S.)., Munn Z; Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact, School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Z.M.)., Mathioudakis AG; Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, and North West Lung Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom (A.G.M.)., Piggott T; Michael G. DeGroote Cochrane Canada and McMaster GRADE Centres, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, and Department of Family Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (T.P.)., Lotfi T; Michael G. DeGroote Cochrane Canada and McMaster GRADE Centres, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (T.L.)., Pottie K; Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (K.P.)., Guyatt G; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (R.B.-P., D.K.C., A.I., A.D., G.G.)., Schünemann HJ; Michael G. DeGroote Cochrane Canada and McMaster GRADE Centres, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy (H.J.S.).
Source: Annals of internal medicine [Ann Intern Med] 2026 Mar; Vol. 179 (3), pp. 430-439. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jan 20.
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