TABLE 2.

Types of Recommendation and Statements Used in the Second Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference Guideline

Recommendation Type	Description	Method	Label
Clinical recommendations	Recommendations on clinical interventions and diagnostic tests	GRADE framework, consensus using UCLA-RAND system	Certainty of evidence, strength of recommendation
Good practice statements	Absence of direct evidence but it is obvious that implementing the statement will result in a large net positive effect	GRADE framework, consensus using UCLA-RAND system	Ungraded, good practice statements
Research statement	Inadequate evidence after a systematic review and where the panelists believed that any recommendation would be speculative	Consensus using UCLA-RAND system	Ungraded, research statement
Policy statements	Position on issues that pertain to bioethics, public health policy, healthcare finance and delivery and medical education/training	Consensus using UCLA-RAND system	Ungraded, policy statements
Definition statement	Offered in the context of updating the definition of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome	Consensus using UCLA-RAND system	Ungraded, definition statement

GRADE = Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation, RAND = research and development.