Developing prehospital clinical practice guidelines for resource limited settings: why re-invent the wheel?

Managing depression in general practice in Pakistan: do we need to re-invent the wheel?

Cancer Pain Management in Resource-Limited Settings: A Practice Review

Pain in cancer is a common and burdensome symptom with different causes but in a significant number of cases it is undiagnosed and undertreated because of lack of skills for its assessment. Pain has significant negative impact on the patient and, therefore, it needs to be managed urgently and appropriately. In resource-limited settings, there are several barriers and challenges to pain manageme...

The next steps in developing clinical practice guidelines for prevention.

On June 19, 2013, we published online in this journal an essay describing the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI's) change in approach to the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs)(1). Over the intervening weeks, we moved forward according to the principles outlined in our essay. We have taken the critical next steps to enable a more comprehensive evidence-based revi...

Analytic Biosurveillance Methods for Resource-Limited Settings

Background The 21st century has seen advances in many aspects of global disease surveillance.1 These advances have been driven by heightened concerns over perceived threats to public health both from natural pathogens and from bioterrorism. These concerns have led to mandated improvements at the international level, through revision of International Health Regulations of the World Health Organi...

Developing and implementing clinical practice guidelines.

Correspondence to: Dr J Grimshaw, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Drew Kay Wing, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD The Effective Health Care bulletins have concentrated on providing systematic reviews of the research evidence on clinical and cost effectiveness to help inform decision makers and clinicians in the NHS. However, providing information by itsel...