Evidence-Based Medicine and the American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guidelines

Ross C Schumacher; Oanh Kieu Nguyen; Kaivalya Deshpande; Anil N Makam

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.7461

Evidence-Based Medicine and the American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guidelines

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Apr 1;179(4):584-586. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.7461.

Authors

Ross C Schumacher¹, Oanh Kieu Nguyen^{1

2

3}, Kaivalya Deshpande¹, Anil N Makam^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
³ Division of Hospital Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This study assesses whether American Thoracic Society clinical practice guidelines are substantiated by high-quality evidence and can be used to promote evidence-based medicine.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Cardiology*
Critical Care / standards*
Evidence-Based Medicine / standards*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Societies, Medical*
United States

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding