Critical Appraisal of the Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Inappropriate use of stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is common in many hospitals. High-quality clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) produce better patient outcomes and promote cost-effective clinical care. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of CPGs for SUP.

Methods

A search was conducted for SUP CPGs using PubMed, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Biomedical Literature database (CBM), guideline websites and Google (until March 1, 2015). The quality of CPGs was independently assessed by two assessors using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation II (AGREE II) instrument, and the specific recommendations in the CPGs were summarized and evaluated.

Results

A total of 7 CPGs for S

SUBMITTER: Ye ZK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4859569 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature