[The practice guideline 'The red eye' (first revision) of the Dutch College of General Practitioners; a response from the perspective ofthe ophthalmologist].
The revised guideline 'The red eye' of the Dutch College of General Practitioners contains adequate and scientifically well-supported recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with minor ocular trauma and red eyes. Unfortunately the guideline lacks a roadmap for implementation of these recommendations, as well as a definition of indicators for the measurement of implementation. This is important in the light of the limited implementation of the previous guideline 'The red eye' published in 1996.
Schlingemann
R O
RO
Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, afd. Oogheelkunde, Postbus 22.660, 1100 DD Amsterdam. r.schlingemann@amc.uva.nl
van der Meulen
I J E
IJ
Nieuwendaal
C P
CP
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012955:Societies, Medical