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Table 2 Main features of the CPG sample used, describing the specialty, intended users, guideline category and developers, as well as information about the structure of the CPG document

From: Leveraging workflow control patterns in the domain of clinical practice guidelines

Title of the guideline

Main clinical specialty

Intended users

Guideline category

Guideline developer(s)

Pages

Document features

Flowchart

Induction of labour [54]

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Advanced Practice

Counseling

National Government Agency

32

Well-structured text with clearly marked recommendations. No grading schemes for evidence and recommendations are used

Algorithm available as external resource

Nurses

Evaluation

Allied Health Personnel

Management

Health Care Providers

Prevention

Nurses

Risk Assessment

Patients

Physician Assistants

Physicians

Public Health Departments

SPREAD—Stroke Prevention and Educational Awareness Diffusion [55]

Emergency Medicine

Advanced Practice Nurses

Diagnosis Evaluation

National Medical Specialty Society

53

Well-structured text with clearly marked recommendations. Uses both evidence levels and recommendation grades

Not available

Allied Health Personnel

Management

Emergency Medical Technicians/Paramedics

Prevention

Health Care Providers

Risk Assessment

Health Plans

Treatment

Hospitals

Managed Care Organizations

Nurses

Pharmacists

Physician Assistants

Physicians

Guideline for the Treatment of Breast Carcinoma [56]

Oncology

Advanced Practice Nurses

Diagnosis

National Disease Specific Society

117

Well-structured text with clearly marked recommendations. All the relevant studies are discussed. Uses both evidence levels and recommendation grades

Not available

Management

Allied Health Personnel

Treatment

Health Care Providers

Rehabilitation

Nurses

Physician Assistants

Physicians

Psychologists

Evidence-based care guideline for Fever of Uncertain Source in infants 60 days of age or less [57]

Pediatrics

Advanced Practice Nurses

Diagnosis

Hospital/Medical Center

14

Well-structured text with clearly marked recommendations. Uses evidence levels but not recommendation grades

Algorithm available within the document

Evaluation

Health Care Providers

Management

Nurses

Risk Assessment

Patients

Treatment

Physician Assistants

Physicians

Diagnosis and treatment of chest pain and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) [58]

Cardiology

Advanced Practice Nurses

Diagnosis

National Nonprofit Organization

91

Document with an algorithm as main element, including algorithm annotations. Uses evidence levels but not recommendation grades

Algorithms available within the document

Evaluation

Allied Health Personnel

Management

Emergency Medical Technicians/Paramedics

Rehabilitation

Health Care Providers

Risk Assessment

Health Plans

Screening

Hospitals

Treatment

Managed Care Organizations

Nurses

Pharmacists

Physician Assistants

Physicians

Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation [59]

Pediatrics

Advanced Practice Nurses

Diagnosis

National Medical Specialty Society

18

Well-structured text with clearly marked recommendations. Uses evidence levels but not recommendation grades

Algorithm available within the document

Allied Health Personnel

Management

Dietitians

Treatment

Hospitals

Nurses

Physician Assistants

Physicians

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary [60]

Pulmonary Medicine

Advanced Practice Nurses

Counseling

International Disease Specific Society

24

Non structured text including several tables; recommendations are not marked. Uses evidence levels but not recommendation grades

Not available

Diagnosis

Allied Health Personnel

Evaluation

Nurses

Management

Physician Assistants

Prevention

Physicians

Risk Assessment

Public Health Departments

Treatment

Respiratory Care Practitioners

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary [61]

Cardiology

Advanced Practice Nurses

Diagnosis

European Medical Specialty Society

26

Non structured text including several tables; recommendations are not marked. Uses both evidence levels and recommendation grades

An algorithm for diagnosis available within the document

Evaluation

Health Care Providers

Management

Nurses

Risk Assessment

Pharmacists

Treatment

Physician Assistants

Physicians