Clinical practice guidelines in Brazil - developing a national programme

• Main Authors: Verônica Colpani (Author), Sérgio Candido Kowalski (Author), Airton Tetelbom Stein (Author), Anna Maria Buehler (Author), Daniel Zanetti (Author), Gabriel Côrtes (Author), Edison Vieira de Melo Junior (Author), Jorgiany Emerick Ebeidalla (Author), Natiela Beatriz de Oliveira (Author), Renata Leborato Guerra (Author), Sarah Nascimento Silva (Author), Bruce B. Duncan (Author), Maicon Falavigna (Author), Holger Jens Schünemann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract In Brazil, governmental and non-governmental organisations develop practice guidelines (PGs) in order to optimise patient care. Although important improvements have been made over the past years, many of these documents still lack transparency and methodological rigour. In order to conduct...