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📌 Note: The grade of recommendation reflects the strength of the evidence on which the recommendation is based. It does not necessarily reflect the clinical importance of the recommendation.
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1++ | 🌟 High-quality meta-analyses, systematic reviews of RCTs, or RCTs with a very low risk of bias. |
1+ | Well-conducted meta-analyses, systematic reviews, or RCTs with a low risk of bias. |
1- | Meta-analyses, systematic reviews, or RCTs with a high risk of bias. |
2++ | High-quality systematic reviews of case-control or cohort studies. High-quality case-control or cohort studies with a very low risk of confounding/bias and a high probability of a causal relationship. |
2+ | Well-conducted case-control or cohort studies with a low risk of confounding/bias and a moderate probability that the relationship is causal. |
2- | Case-control or cohort studies with a high risk of confounding/bias and a significant risk that the relationship is not causal. |
3 | 📝 Non-analytic studies, e.g. case reports or case series. |
4 | 👩⚕️ Expert opinion. |
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