Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) update

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Electronic address: pubs@smfm.org; Mary E Norton; Jeffrey A Kuller; Torri D Metz

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.1200

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) update

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Apr;224(4):B24-B28. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.1200. Epub 2020 Dec 24.

Authors

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Electronic address: pubs@smfm.org¹; Mary E Norton¹, Jeffrey A Kuller¹, Torri D Metz¹

Affiliation

¹ Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 409 12 St. SW, Washington, DC 20024, USA. pubs@smfm.org.

PMID: 33347844
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.1200

Abstract

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Publications Committee first adopted the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system in 2013. This document provides an update on the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Publications Committee process for creating evidence-based practice recommendations and describes the GRADE process as it is currently implemented in the SMFM Consult and Guidelines series.

Keywords: GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) system; clinical guideline; clinical recommendation; evidence-based recommendation.

MeSH terms

Evidence-Based Medicine / standards*
Female
Humans
Perinatology / standards
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Pregnancy
Quality Assurance, Health Care / standards*
Societies, Medical