Submit a Guideline Topic Proposal

Guideline topic proposals are temporarily on hold. We will resume accepting applications in early 2025.

The following core principles apply to guidelines development:

• Recommendations are based on systematic review of the best quality of evidence available from peer-reviewed journals.
• Panels will include knowledgeable, diverse, multiprofessional leaders.
• Transparent COI management will be incorporated into the guidelines cycle.
• Guidelines development will include the involvement of broadly defined stakeholders (including patients, when possible and if applicable).
• Industry funding will not be used for guidelines development.
• Updates are considered when new impactful science becomes available.
• Potential involvement of other organizations, as approved, is possible at various levels of engagement.

Criteria for Selection

The selection process engages the following criteria to rank the highest-priority topics and guideline revisions:

New Guidelines

• Areas of clinical uncertainty as evidenced by wide variation in practice or outcomes
• Conditions for which effective treatment is proven and where mortality or morbidity could potentially be reduced and where no guidelines exist
• Documented relevant and sufficient evidence that can be included in systematic evidence review
• Clinical priority areas as determined by SCCM needs assessments and executive leaders
• Documented need for the guidelines, as indicated by a larger network of relevant stakeholders

Guideline Revisions: Focused Update

• Modifications to no more than two PICO questions and two recommendations for a previously published guideline
• Availability of new research that may change the existing practice recommendations
• Data on guidelines access demonstrating its importance to the critical care community
• Continued interest in a topic as indicated by SCCM's annual needs assessments
• Number of citations indicating the value of the guidelines to the field