title: Making clinical decisions using a clinical practice guideline.
abstract: Clinical practice guidelines are statements developed from best evidence about clinically relevant appropriate care. A simulated patient case is presented to demonstrate how to use a CPG in decision-making in determining a clinical decision. Conceptualized knowledge management software templates are provided to explain a process by which best evidence is retrieved from a primary, centralized network database. Templates describe the process of converting a clinical question into a research question, retrieving best evidence, and performing data analysis for the outcome of individualizing and optimizing a clinical decision. Templates also describe the reciprocation of information to update CPGs by translational researchers who manage and build the primary, centralized network database.
authors.affiliation: June and Paul Ehrlich Endowed Program in Geriatric Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Division of Restorative Dentistry, 90095-1668, USA.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spackman
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiappelli
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prolo
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D003628:Database Management Systems; D019992:Databases as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003729:Dental Care; D015921:Dental Implants; D018865:Dental Research; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012984:Software; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants