Evaluation of the quality of guidelines for acute gastroenteritis in children with the AGREE instrument

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Lo Vecchio, Andrea ^a   Giannattasio, Antonietta ^a   Duggan, Christopher ^b,c   De Masi, Salvatore ^d   Ortisi, Maria Teresa ^e   Parola, Luciana ^f   Guarino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e Hospital of sant'Anna of Como   (Italy)

^f Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute gastroenteritis; AGREE instrument; child; guidelines

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; APPRAISAL OF GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION INSTRUMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79951678016     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181e233ac     Document Type: Article

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