Guidance production before evidence generation for critical issues: the example of COVID-19

Nicolas Roche; Thomy Tonia; Andrew Bush; Chris Brightling; Martin Kolb; Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan; Marc Humbert; Anita Simonds; Yochai Adir

doi:10.1183/16000617.0310-2020

Guidance production before evidence generation for critical issues: the example of COVID-19

Eur Respir Rev. 2020 Oct 5;29(157):200310. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0310-2020. Print 2020 Sep 30.

Authors

Nicolas Roche¹, Thomy Tonia², Andrew Bush³, Chris Brightling⁴, Martin Kolb^{5

6}, Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan⁷, Marc Humbert⁸, Anita Simonds⁹, Yochai Adir¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Medicine, Cochin Hospital, APHP. Centre University of Paris, Inserm UMR1016, Paris, France.
² Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Respiratory Paediatrics, Imperial College and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Dept of Respiratory Science, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Institute for Lung Health University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
⁵ Dept of Medicine and Pathology, McMaster University, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Dept of Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁷ Respiratory Physiology, Cochin Hospital, APHP, Centre University of Paris, Paris, France.
⁸ Dept of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, Faculty of Medicine, Inserm UMR_S 999, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
⁹ Sleep and Ventilation Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹⁰ Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Pulmonary Division, Faculty of Medicine, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Abstract

Production of guidance in rapidly evolving areas where evidence is absent or fragile is challenging and needs to use rigorous methods interpreted with caution https://bit.ly/3jpChqk

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Decision Making*
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Guidelines as Topic*
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2