Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - clinical management guided by the evidence-based GRADE approach: What arguments can be made against transparency in guideline development?

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rochwerg, Bram ^a   Schünemann, Holger J ^a   Raghu, Ganesh ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based; Guideline; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; PULMONOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS;

EID: 84957594166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0563-0     Document Type: Note

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