Clinical practice guidelines in adult diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy: systematic review of the literature and quality appraisal with AGREE II.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous guidelines pertaining to adult diagnostic flexible bronchoscopes (FBs) have been published by Chinese and international organizations, but, to date, there has been no report on their quality. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of existing guidelines for adult diagnostic FB examination using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation Instrument II (AGREE II), and its main recommendations were summarized to provide a reference for clinical professionals.

Methods

A search was conducted for guidelines related to adult diagnostic FB published in China and internationally. Three researchers independently evaluated the six fields in AGREE II and verified the internal reliability by calculating the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The in

SUBMITTER: Huang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565362 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature