Guidelines developed under pressure. The case of the COVID-19 low-quality "rapid" guidelines and potential solutions

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pediatrics, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia; School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Electronic address: ivan.florez@udea.edu.co.
• ² Pediatrics Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Clinical Practice Guidelines Unit, Quality Management Department, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Research Chair for Evidence-Based Health Care and Knowledge Translation, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Alexandria Center for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, Alexandria University Medical Council, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
• ³ Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
• ⁴ McMaster Health Forum and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• ⁵ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.