Guideline Adaptation: An Appealing Alternative to De Novo Guideline Development
- Valerie A. Palda, MD, MSc;
- Ian D. Graham, PhD;
- Dave Davis, MD;
- Jako Burgers, MD, PhD;
- Melissa Brouwers, PhD;
- Françoise Cluzeau, PhD; and
- On behalf of the AGREE research trust
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada.
TO THE EDITOR:
We read with interest the ACP guidelines (1) on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The use of the AGREE instrument to compare the methodological rigor of various guidelines is a meaningful step forward. To our knowledge, it is used regularly only by a few groups, such as the Guidelines Advisory Committee in Ontario (http://www.gacguidelines.ca), and more widely in Europe by the Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (http://www.cebam.be) and others (http://www.agreetrust.org/links.htm). Using well-developed guidelines as a basis for forming …
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