Evidence-based guidelines: Extrapolation, adherence, and outcome

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1038-1039

  Sue, Darryl Y ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLXANTHINE;

AGED; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0037810663     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51322.x     Document Type: Editorial

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