Practice guidelines: development, application to clinical care, and role in provider education.
Substantial progress has been made in the past several decades toward the application of evidence-based medicine. Practice guidelines, which assist providers in clinical decision making, have played a valuable role in this initiative. This article highlights the attributes of good practice guidelines, along with their role in the education of health-care providers, and examines the development, revision, and limitations of practice guidelines for emerging infections.
Kiser
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School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA. jennifer.kiser@ucdenver.edu
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