Is the Strongest Level of Medical Evidence Always Required for Guidelines Recommendations?

• Matteo Ravaioli,
• Fabio Piscaglia,
• Umberto Cillo,
• Giovanni Brandi,
• Maurizio Sessa,
• Giuliana Germinario,
• Rita Golfieri,
• Alberta Cappelli,
• Maria C. Morelli,
• Antonio Siniscalchi,
• Antonietta D’Errico,
• Matteo Cescon,
• Primiano Iannone,
• Franco Trevisani

Affiliations

Matteo Ravaioli

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Fabio Piscaglia

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Umberto Cillo

Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Giovanni Brandi

Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Maurizio Sessa

Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Giuliana Germinario

Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Rita Golfieri

Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Alberta Cappelli

Radiology Unit, Department of Digestive Disease and Internal Medicine, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Maria C. Morelli

Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale e Trapianti, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Antonio Siniscalchi

Division of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Antonietta D’Errico

Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Matteo Cescon

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Primiano Iannone

Centro Eccellenza Clinica, Qualità e Sicurezza delle Cure, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Franco Trevisani

Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy