2023 AES: Special Lecture | Clinical Practice Guidelines: Why, What, How-. What is a Guideline (Overview of Development)?

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The presentation provides an in-depth overview of the complex process involved in developing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). The speaker, not a methodologist initially, highlights the importance of CPGs in reducing uncertainty in clinical practice by providing evidence-based standards of care. The process involves several key steps: proposing guidelines, forming a diverse work group, managing conflicts of interest, developing and getting approval for a protocol, and identifying and classifying evidence through systematic reviews. The guidelines are structured around PICO questions—Population, Intervention, Comparator, and Outcome. The importance of clear, concise, and patient-preference-inclusive recommendations is emphasized. The presentation stresses the challenges in implementing and updating guidelines, which require significant financial investment. Ultimately, CPGs aim to improve patient care and reduce variability in care through a well-defined, financially supported process focused on rigorous evidence assessment and methodology adherence.

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Presenter: Aatif Husain, MD

Keywords

clinical practice guidelines

evidence-based standards

systematic reviews

PICO questions

patient care improvement

methodology adherence