Clinical meaning of the GRADE rules

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 877-879

  Rochwerg, B ^a   Alhazzani, W ^a,b   Jaeschke, Roman ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; SEPSIS; STANDARDS;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901593203     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3273-0     Document Type: Article

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