Cognitive Rehabilitation after stroke
Update on Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
Post-stroke pneumonia
Primary stroke prevention
Update on Endarterectomy and stenting for carotid artery stenosis
Update on Blood pressure management
Pre-hospital management
Update on Reperfusion therapy for acute ischaemic stroke
Update on Management of post-stroke seizures and epilepsy
Update on antithrombotic treatment for secondary prevention for non-cardioembolic stroke
Post-stroke spasticity

White Papers in Development

AIS in the young
CAA (Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy)
PRES RCVS
The “5D” Guide to Telestroke

PROPOSALS FOR NEW GUIDELINE / WHITE PAPER TOPICS

If you are interested in submitting potential new topic suggestions to the ESO Guideline Board, please download and complete the form below and send it to guidelines@eso-stroke.org.

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ESO publishes three types of documents

Full ESO Guideline Document with evidence-based recommendations and expert consensus statements (for characteristics see table below)
Expedited recommendation in instances where there is at least one published guideline-changing RCT
White Paper Document based on expert consensus statements (modified Delphi process)

GUIDELINE DOCUMENT	Evidence-based recommendation Uses GRADE methodology Follows ESO Guideline SOP Provides high-quality outcome Offers detailed document (available online) Entails time-consuming process Is published in the ESJ
GUIDELINE DOCUMENT	Expert Consensus Statement (ECS) Selected format if there is insufficient evidence to provide an evidence-based recommendation Presented in the guideline document with the result of a majority vote
EXPEDITED RECOMMENDATION	Conducted in the presence of at least one published guideline-changing RCT Typically answers one main PICO question Based on GRADE except that a formal systematic review is not mandatory Rapidly available on the ESO website Published in the ESJ
WHITE PAPER	Expert consensus based on the available evidence Modified Delphi process Rapidly available on the ESO website Published in the ESJ

Guidelines published between 2003-2018

2018

2018 — Prehospital management

2018 — Glycaemia

2017

2017 — Cerebral venous thrombosis

2017 — Consensus Statements from the ESO-Karolinska Stroke Update Conference

2017 — Post-stroke seizures and epilepsy

2016

2016 — Training Guideline for Endovascular Stroke Intervention

2016 — VTE prophylaxis

2015

2015 — Temperature

2014

2014 — Intracerebral Hemorrhage

2013

2013 — Subarachnoid Haemorrhage & Aneurysms

2009

2009 Ischaemic Stroke Update 2009 – Dutch

2009 Thrombolytic therapy

2008

2008 Ischaemic Stroke – Translation in Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

2003

2003 Prophylaxis and Treatment – Information for doctors

2003 Cerebrovascular Diseases

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Open Call for Participation in ESO Guideline Module Working Groups

The ESO Guideline Board is pleased to announce the plan to update the ESO Guideline on antithrombotic treatment for secondary prevention of stroke and other thromboembolic events in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack

and to develop an ESO White Paper on The “5D” Guide to Telestroke: Define – Describe – Deploy – Deliver – Drive.

As part of these projects, we are introducing a new open call process for selecting members of the Module Working Groups (MWGs). This initiative is designed to expand opportunities for ESO members – both junior and senior – to actively contribute to our guideline projects.

Open Call Deadline: 11 August 2025
Who Can Apply: All active ESO members (junior and senior)

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PROPOSALS FOR NEW GUIDELINE / WHITE PAPER TOPICS

ESO publishes three types of documents

GUIDELINE DOCUMENT

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Guidelines published between 2003-2018

Open Call for Participation in ESO Guideline Module Working Groups

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