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Adherence to practice guidelines: the role of specialty society guidelines

ACC Current Journal Review, 2003
Physician adherence to guidelines is often poor, but the reasons have not been completely studied. We investigated whether physician adherence to guidelines for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) varied by source, development methods, or the extent of their evidence-base.We assessed ...
Robert N. Piana, Joel S. Weissman, Lucian L. Leape, Arnold M. Epstein, Constantine Gatsonis, Eric C. Schneider   +5 more
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Adherence to Current COPD Guidelines in Turkey

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2015
INTRODUCTION-OBJECTIVE: Despite the availability of national and international guidelines, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) treatment is not always prescribed according to these recommendations. We aimed to see if COPD patients in Turkey have been treated appropriately according to COPD guidelines.This is a cross-sectional study carried ...
MİRİCİ, ARZU, TURAN, Pakize Ayse, Baysak, Aysegul, DENIZ, Sami, TURAN, Onur, EMRE, Julide Celdir   +5 more
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A national study on adherence to a basal cell carcinoma guideline; development of a tool to assess guideline adherence

British Journal of Dermatology, 2015
Clinical practice guideline implementation may be at variance with actual daily practice, as guideline adherence is a complex process depending on many actors and factors. Feedback regarding adherence is essential to monitor the effect that a guideline has in clinical practice and whether or not the quality of care is raised by implementation ...
Borgonjen, R.J., Everdingen, J.J. van, Bruijnzeel-Koomen, C.A., Kerkhof, P.C.M. van de, Spuls, P.I.   +4 more
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Improving Adherence to Treatment Guidelines

Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2009
Patients with chronic diseases often require complex medication regimens to meet evidence-based treatment guidelines. However, translating evidence-based recommendations into clinical care has proven to be difficult. Several factors-patient adherence, disease complexity, competing medical issues, guideline dissemination, and clinical inertia-are ...
Esteban Gandara, Allen L. Smith, Thomas T. Moniz, Thomas T. Moniz, Mary Lou Dolan, Jessica C. Dudley, Caroline Melia, Allen Kachalia   +7 more
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Adherence to Subspecialty Guidelines in the Emergency Department

The Laryngoscope, 2020
Objectives/HypothesisThe American Academy of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery has published clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to guide management of common otolaryngologic (ENT) conditions. While these CPGs have been disseminated within specialty journals, many patients' first presentation of certain ENT complaints is to primary and acute care ...
Zahrah Taufique, Micah Timen, Jordan L. Swartz, David R. Friedmann   +3 more
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Adherence to Asthma Guidelines in General Practices

Journal of Asthma, 1999
Adherence to asthma practice guidelines is low. Improved compliance could potentially improve care of patients with asthma. The purpose of this study was to determine if patients managed in a general practice with an associated asthma clinic are more likely to use asthma medications according to clinical practice guidelines than patients managed in the
Mary Sexton, Mary-Claire Roghmann
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ASSESSING ADHERENCE TO AN INTRAVENOUS PANTOPRAZOLE GUIDELINE

Critical Care Medicine, 2004
Background: Despite minimal efficacy data, some institutions frequently use intravenous proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), such as pantoprazole, for prevention of stress-related mucosal disease (SRMD) bleeding, or the treatment of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleed (GIB).
Douglas N. Fish, Rose Jung, Marilee D. Obritsch, Robert MacLaren, Deborah S Sherman   +4 more
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Training Pediatricians to Adhere to Asthma Guidelines

Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology, 2013
Despite the proven efficacy of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute asthma guidelines, adherence to these recommendations is suboptimal among primary care physicians. Knowledge, skills, and attitudes among pediatricians influence adherence to the asthma guidelines.
Tao T. Le, Gerald B. Lee
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Clinician awareness of adherence to hypertension guidelines

The American Journal of Medicine, 2004
Little is known about how well clinicians are aware of their own adherence to clinical guidelines, an important indicator of quality. We compared clinicians' beliefs about their adherence to hypertension guidelines with data on their actual performance.We surveyed 139 primary care clinicians at three Veterans Affairs medical centers, asking them to ...
Steinman, Michael A., Fischer, Melissa A., Shlipak, Michael G., Bosworth, Hayden B., Oddone, Eugene Z., Hoffman, Brian B., Goldstein, Mary K.   +6 more
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Adherence With Allergen Immunotherapy Labeling Guidelines

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 2015
Little is known about the adherence rate to allergen immunotherapy (AIT) labeling guidelines.To assess adherence to labeling guidelines of AIT Practice Parameter 2011 at University of Michigan Health Service.AIT vials of 320 patients who received their care at the University of Michigan Health Service were reviewed.
Marilyn Karam, Kiela Samuels, Christine Holland, Cynthia Hernandez, Matthew Greenhawt   +4 more
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