Practical recommendations for the process of proposing, planning and writing a neurological management guideline by EAN task forces.
The European Academy of Neurology (EAN), founded in 2014 after the merging of the two previously active European Neurological Societies, considers the production of neurological guidelines a major obligation, as this is a major tool to improve clinical practice in neurology. This paper updates practical suggestions to develop guidelines about the treatment and diagnosis of neurological diseases within the framework of the EAN. Its aim is to make uniform, traceable and explicit the path from the decision to write an EAN guideline to its publication. We explain the protocol structure, handling of conflicts of interest, format, timeline and process of revision and acceptance. It provides the view of the Scientific Committee and the Board of the EAN. We hope to make easier a larger involvement of the EAN scientific community in producing guidelines.
UOC Neurology, Department of Medical Sciences, IRCCS 'Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza', San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6339-5738
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Leone
Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Donau-Universität Krems, Donau, Austria.
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Keindl
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
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Schapira
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Campus, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
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Deuschl
Department of Neurological, Neurosurgical and Behavioural Sciences, Medical School, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
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D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D009462:Neurology / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards*
GRADE; clinical practice guideline; conflict of interests; grading evidence; neurological diseases; neurological societies; recommendations