Application of GRADE: Making evidence-based recommendations about diagnostic tests in clinical practice guidelines

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hsu, Jonathan ^a   Brozek, Jan L ^a   Terracciano, Luigi ^b   Kreis, Julia ^c   Compalati, Enrico ^d   Stein, Airton T ^e   Fiocchi, Alessandro ^b   Schünemann, Holger J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Melloni Hospital   (Italy)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79958088264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-62     Document Type: Article

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