Clinical Practice Guidelines Flashcards
What are clinical practice guidelines?
They are systematically developed statements to help assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific circumstances
They help get evidence out to practice
What do clinical practice guidelines do?
Define practices that meet the needs of most patients in most circumstances
Suggestions for care
What are the components of a CPG?
Systematic review of research
Set of recommendations
Describe the target population
Describe the target audience
Who is apart of the expert panels?
Range of experts within health care
Information on each panel member exists to
What is the description of recommendations development in CPG?
Actual methods
Systemic/meta-analysis
Consensus
What is an external review?
Reviewed by individuals not involved in the development
Often sponsored or endorsed by an organization
What are recommendaitons?
They are Clear, specific, and linked to evidence
What is the grading system?
Where we assign specific weight to better suggested practices.
What is Grade A?
High grade of evidence and high confidence of the effect
What is Grade B
High grade of evidence but weak recomendation
What is Grade C
Low quality evidence with weak recommendation
What is Grade D
Low quality of evidence with high recomendaiton
What is the AGREE tool?
Helps to develop and appraising guidelines
Only looks at methodology of guideline and nothing else
