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 |
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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 |
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Allied Health Personnel | Management | ||||||
Health Care Providers | Prevention | ||||||
Nurses | Risk Assessment | ||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
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Physicians | |||||||
Psychologists | |||||||
Evidence-based care guideline for Fever of Uncertain Source in infants 60Â 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 |
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Health Care Providers | Management | ||||||
Nurses | Risk Assessment | ||||||
Patients | Treatment | ||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 |