Table 4.

Summary of Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation ratings (n = 103)

		Specialty area			Intervention category
		Anaesthesia	Critical care	Emergency	Medication	Medical device	Nonpharmacological
Quality of evidence		n = 55	n = 42	n = 6	n = 62	n = 30	n = 11
First listed primary outcome	High	5 (9)	4 (9)	2 (33)	7 (11)	3 (10)	1 (9)
	Moderate	18 (33)	16 (38)	1 (17)	23 (37)	11 (36)	2 (20)
	Low	26 (47)	15 (36)	1 (17)	22 (36)	13 (43)	6 (54)
	Very low	6 (11)	7 (17)	2 (33)	10 (16)	3 (10)	2 (18)
Secondary outcomea		n = 46	n = 39	n = 4	n = 51	n = 29	n = 9
	High	6 (13)	10 (26)	0 (0)	7 (14)	8 (27)	1 (11)
	Moderate	14 (30)	12 (30)	1 (25)	20 (39)	6 (21)	1 (11)
	Low	22 (48)	10 (26)	1 (25)	13 (25)	13 (45)	7 (78)
	Very low	4 (9)	7 (18)	2 (50)	11 (22)	2 (7)	0 (0)

Data are given as n (%).

^aDenominator is different from primary outcome because not all reviews that used Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation included a secondary outcome.