Quality of evidence is a key determinant for making a strong GRADE guidelines recommendation

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 727-732

  Djulbegovic, Benjamin ^a,b   Kumar, Ambuj ^a,b   Kaufman, Richard M ^c   Tobian, Aaron ^d   Guyatt, Gordon H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Guideline development; Practice guidelines; Practice recommendations; quality improvement; Quality of evidence; trustworthy guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD BANKS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930570466     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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