A comparative analysis of pulmonary and critical care medicine guideline development methodologies

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 621-627

  Schoenberg, Noah C ^a   Barker, Alan F ^b   Bernardo, John ^a   Deterding, Robin R ^c   Ellner, Jerrold J ^a   Hess, Dean R ^d   MacIntyre, Neil R ^e   Martinez, Fernando J ^f   Wilson, Kevin C ^a,g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g American Thoracic Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical practice guidelines; Development; Evaluation approach; Grading of Recommendations; Institute of Medicine standards for trustworthy guidelines; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LITERATURE; PROCEDURES;

CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY MEDICINE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 85029507095     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201705-0926OC     Document Type: Article

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