In the current era of evidence-based guidelines, do consensus-based guidelines still have a place?

Designing and accrediting the evidence-based care guidelines on insomnia and constipation in psychiatric patients

Background:Evidence-based care guidelines are one of the new ways to improve the quality of care and increase patient satisfaction. In addition to the mental and emotional problems, mentally ill patient suffers from multiple health problems. The most common patient's bio-psycho problems are insomnia and constipation. Aim: The aim of this study was to designing and Accredit the evidence-based ca...

Evidence based medicine overviews, bulletins, guidelines, and the new consensus.

Nurses’ knowledge of evidence- based guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units

Background and Purpose: Implementing the guidelines to prevent VAP has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing the incidence of VAP. Studies indicate that ICU staff have poor knowledge and low implementation rate of the standard preventive measures related to VAP. The present study aims to evaluate the knowledge of nurses in the intensive care unit in University hospitals of Sari. ...

Current Guidelines Have Limited Applicability to Patients with Comorbid Conditions: A Systematic Analysis of Evidence-Based Guidelines

BACKGROUND Guidelines traditionally focus on the diagnosis and treatment of single diseases. As almost half of the patients with a chronic disease have more than one disease, the applicability of guidelines may be limited. The aim of this study was to assess the extent that guidelines address comorbidity and to assess the supporting evidence of recommendations related to comorbidity. METHODOL...

Evidence-based consensus statements and clinical guidelines: do the means meet the ends?

Adopting an evidence-based approach to medical and health care is a concept that can only be perfected by sustained and concerted efforts to translate the evidence into action. The Hong Kong Medical Journal (HKMJ) provides an appropriate medium to propagate such movement, primarily through dissemination of primary clinical and scientific data from well-designed clinical studies. As with all fun...