Adapted Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsies in Children: A Tertiary Children's Hospital Update.

Autor: Anwar SAM; Paediatric Neurology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Elsakka EE; Paediatric Neurology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Khalil M; Paediatric Neurology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Ibrahim AAG; Faculty of Medicine, Community Medicine Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., ElBeheiry A; Faculty of Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology and Medical Imaging Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Mohammed SF; Elseouf Family Centre, Ministry of Health, Alexandria, Egypt., Omar TEI; Paediatric Neurology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Amer YS; Paediatrics Department, Quality Management, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Alexandria Center for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; Adaptation Working Group, Guidelines International Network, Perth, Scotland, UK. Electronic address: yamer@ksu.edu.sa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pediatric neurology [Pediatr Neurol] 2023 Apr; Vol. 141, pp. 87-92. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2022.12.009
Abstrakt: Hypothesis And/or Background: We recently updated and merged the adapted clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the diagnosis and treatment of children with epilepsy of a tertiary-level hospital. Medical knowledge is always evolving. As a result, it is critical to revisit the clinical standards on a frequent basis to ensure that the best services are offered to the target receivers. The purpose of this article was to update and merge the CPGs at Alexandria University Children Hospital (AUCH) for the diagnosis (2014) and treatment (2016) of children with epilepsy to unify and standardize the practice for better care and outcome.
Methods: This review and update CPG project was initiated by assembling a Guideline Review Group (GRG). The GRG conducted focus group discussions and decided to search any published updates of the recommendations of the previously identified high-quality and evidence-based CPG developed by the SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) and to merge the two previous local CPGs under one comprehensive CPG for full management of epilepsy in children. The high quality of the selected source CPG from SIGN was based on quality assessment of CPGs undertaken previously using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II Instrument. The GRG followed the Checklist for the Reporting of Updated Guidelines (CheckUp), which is the CPG tool recommended by the Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of health Research Network for reporting of updated CPGs in addition to the RIGHT-Ad@pt Checklist for Adapted CPGs. The finalized updated CPG draft was sent to the external reviewer group topic experts.
Results: The group updated 10 main categories of recommendations from one source CPG (SIGN). The recommendations included (1) epilepsy diagnosis; (2) recognition, identification, and referral; (3) pharmacological treatment of epilepsy and epilepsy syndromes; (4) nonpharmacological treatment of epilepsy and epilepsy syndromes; (5) managing pharmacoresistant epilepsy; (6) management of epilepsy in special groups; (7) medications; (8) children and caregiver education and support; (9) comorbidities and mortality; and (10) transitional care from pediatric to adult care services.
Conclusions: The finalized CPG provides evidence-based guidance to health care providers in AUCH for the diagnosis and management of epilepsy in children. The study also established the significance of a collaborative clinical and methodological expert group for the update of CPGs, as well as the usability of the "CheckUp" and "RIGHT-Ad@pt" CPG Tools.
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