Clinical prediction rules in practice: Review of clinical guidelines and survey of GPs

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 621, 2014, Pages

  Plüddemann, Annette ^a   Wallace, Emma ^b   Bankhead, Clare ^a   Keogh, Claire ^b   Van Der Windt, Danielle ^c   Lasserson, Daniel ^a   Galvin, Rose ^b   Moschetti, Ivan ^d   Kearley, Karen ^a   O'Brien, Kirsty ^b   Sanders, Sharon ^e   Mallett, Susan ^a   Malanda, Uriell ^f,g   Thompson, Matthew ^a,h   Fahey, Tom ^b   Stevens, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g Institute for Healthcare Quality   (Netherlands)

^h University of Seattle   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Clinical prediction rules; Survey

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDLINE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84898744653     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X677860     Document Type: Review

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