As physicians realized that such dismal outcomes were no longer acceptable, experts came together under the auspices of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) to develop a set of evidence-based management strategies for severe sepsis and septic shock which would be of practical use for the bedside physician [ 6].
To provide a foundation for living a healthy life after a cancer diagnosis, we developed a set of evidence-based health messages for cancer survivors.
In international meetings for over 8 years, the GRADE Working Group has developed a set of evidence-based criteria to grade the quality of evidence (Table 1) and the strength of recommendations (Table 2) (Schunemann et al. 2006b, Guyatt et al. 2008a).
In order to address this issue, a task force created by the International Society of Geriatric Oncology SIOGG) and the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists EUSOMAA) has developed a set of evidence-based guidelines for the management of breast cancer in elderly individuals [2].
We have demonstrated a rigorous and transparent methodology to develop a set of high impact, evidence-based QIs for primary care from clinical guideline recommendations.
The first was the need to develop a set of levels (or hierarchy) of evidence which would cover the different individual study designs used to address the different types of questions formulated by guideline development panels.
We develop a set of propositions which help to explore evidence in practice of how these external sources influence the innovation process.
We aimed to identify, select and apply guideline recommendations to develop a set of QIs to measure the implementation of evidence-based practice using routinely recorded clinical data in United Kingdom (UK) primary care.
It is our hope that while developing the evidence-based Hospital Reforms Strategic Plan envisaged in the National Health Policy, the Ministry of Health will develop a set of indicators for tracking changes in efficiency and performance of hospitals over time.
To develop a set of suggested objective performance goals (OPG) for evaluating new catheter-based treatments in critical limb ischemia (CLI), based on evidence from historical controls.
I was beginning to develop a set of ritualistic practices.
