Table 3 Methodological quality assessment of included guidelines
From: Summary of the best evidence for the safe use of pneumatic tourniquet in limb surgery
Guidelines | Standardization Percentage for Each Field (%) | Overall Quality Rating of the Guideli-nes (scores) | Recom-mendation for Using This Guideline | ≥ 60% Number of Fields | ≥ 30% Number of Fields | Recom-menda-tion Level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scope and Purpose | Participants | Rigor of Formu-lation | Clarity | Applicabi-lity of theGuidel-ines | Indepe-ndence of Editing | ||||||
AORN [19] | 94.44 | 86.11 | 77.60 | 97.22 | 75.00 | 89.58 | 6 | YES | 6 | 6 | A |
AST [20] | 84.72 | 75.00 | 50.00 | 95.83 | 22.92 | 29.17 | 4 | YES | 3 | 4 | B |
McGrory et al. [21] | 98.61 | 97.22 | 88.54 | 94.44 | 85.42 | 100 | 6 | YES | 6 | 6 | A |