Comparison of certainty of evidence between the net benefit approach and the traditional GRADE method using the data of Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2020

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Emergency, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Ikeziri 1-2-24, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. takero.for.medical.journal@gmail.com.
• ² Department of Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, 104-8560, Japan.
• ³ Department of Anesthesiology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-Ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
• ⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Yotsui 2-8-1, Fukui City, Fukui, 910-8526, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Jigozen 1-3-3, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, 738-8503, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.