Making the GRADE : Providing Clinical Practice Guidance to the European Association of Urology

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Key Steps in Conducting Systematic Reviews for Underpinning Clinical Practice Guidelines : Methodology of the European Association of Urology

Thomas Knoll and Muhammad Imran Omar have contributed equally, and are recognised as Joint First Authors on the publication. Acknowledgement: Figure 5 was created by the GRADE Working Group. We are grateful to Professor Holger Schünemann, from McMaster University, for allowing us to use this figure. Funding/Support and role of the sponsor: None.Peer reviewedPostprin

European Association of Urology Guidelines Office : How We Ensure Transparent Conflict of Interest Disclosure and Management

Conflicts of interest (COIs) can potentially introduce a risk of bias into the assessment of evidence and the formulation of recommendations for guidelines. It is essential that a systematic process for the disclosure and management of COIs is adopted to minimise potential bias in the guideline development process