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“, on the basis of the protocol of a commonly cited single-centre study”
BackgroundIntensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients.
Van den Berghe, G., Wouters, P., Weekers, F., Verwaest, C., Bruyninckx, F., Schetz, M., Vlasselaers, D., Ferdinande, P., Lauwers, P., & Bouillon, R. (2001) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmoa011300 · Cited by 9,977 · cited 1×
“. No evidence exists for moderate glucose control in this context, whereas the value of tight control was supported by one single-centre randomized controlled trial (RCT)”
BackgroundGrading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations
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“Given also that the GRADE criteria are conveyed as ‘‘explicit and clear’’ [6], there should be little need for intensive methodological consultation from the GRADE group when experts produce guidelines.”
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“Clear identification of the quality of evidence helps, and strength of clinical recommendations increases the trustworthiness and improves the implementation of clinical guidelines (32, 43, 76).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kavanagh, B. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Kavanagh, Brian P.
- Venue
- PLoS Medicine
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2009-09-15
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- e1000094
- ISSN
- 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-1676
- PMC
- PMC2735782
- OpenAlex
- W1991363364
- Cited by
- 246
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- American Thoracic Society
- World Health Organization
- University of Pennsylvania
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- European Respiratory Society
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Socialstyrelsen
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Delphi Technique in Research
- Keywords
- GRADE system, guideline quality assessment, evidence-based medicine, health policy
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Respiration, Artificial, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Sepsis, Evidence-Based Medicine
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