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ArticleVox sanguinis2020

The systematic use of evidence-based methodologies and technologies enhances shared decision-making in the 2018 International Consensus Conference on Patient Blood Management.

Hans Van Remoortel, Kari Aranko, Markus M Mueller, Emmy De Buck, Dana Devine, Gilles Folléa, Patrick Meybohm, Pierre Tiberghien, Erica M Wood, Philippe Vandekerckhove and 1 more

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Article in Vox sanguinis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Hans Van RemoortelCentre for Evidence-Based Practice (CEBaP), Belgian Red Cross, Mechelen, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1942-1799
Kari ArankoEuropean Blood Alliance (EBA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Markus M MuellerGerman Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Emmy De BuckCentre for Evidence-Based Practice (CEBaP), Belgian Red Cross, Mechelen, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4498-9781
Dana DevineCanadian Blood Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Gilles FolléaSociété Française de Transfusion Sanguine (SFTS), Paris, France.
Patrick MeybohmDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2666-8696
Pierre TiberghienEtablissement Français du Sang (EFS), Saint-Denis, France.
Erica M WoodInternational Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Philippe VandekerckhoveDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Erhard SeifriedEuropean Blood Alliance (EBA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesPatient Blood Management (PBM) aims to optimize the care of patients who might need a blood transfusion. The International Consensus Conference on PBM (ICC-PBM) aimed to develop evidence-based recommendations on three topics: preoperative anaemia, red blood cell transfusion thresholds and implementation of PBM programmes. This paper reports how evidence-based methodologies and technologies were used to enhance shared decision-making in formulating recommendations during the ICC-PBM. MATERIALS &

methodsSystematic reviews on 17 PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes) questions were conducted by a Scientific Committee (22 international topic experts and one methodologist) according to GRADE (Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) methodology. Evidence-based recommendations were formulated using Consensus Development Conference methodology.

resultsWe screened 17 607 references and included 145 studies. The overall certainty in the evidence of effect estimates was generally low or very low. During the ICC, plenary sessions (100-200 stakeholders from a range of clinical disciplines and community representatives) were followed by closed sessions where multidisciplinary decision-making panels (>50 experts and patient organizations) formulated recommendations. Two chairs (content-expert and methodologist) moderated each session and two rapporteurs documented the discussions. The Evidence-to-Decision template (GRADEpro software) was used as the central basis in the process of formulating recommendations.

conclusionThis ICC-PBM resulted in 10 clinical and 12 research recommendations supported by an international stakeholder group of experts in blood transfusion. Systematic, rigorous and transparent evidence-based methodology in a formal consensus format should be the new standard to evaluate (cost-) effectiveness of medical treatments, such as blood transfusion.

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AnemiaBlood TransfusionErythrocyte TransfusionHumansanemiapatient blood managementred cell componentstransfusion

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PMID31709562
PMCPMC7004058

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