The management of children with bronchiolitis in the Australasian hospital setting: development of a clinical practice guideline.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Bronchiolitis is the commonest respiratory infection in children less than 12 months and cause of hospitalisation in infants under 6 months of age in Australasia. Unfortunately there is substantial variation in management, despite high levels of supporting evidence. This paper reports on the process, strengths and challenges of the hybrid approach used to develop the first Australasian management guideline relevant to the local population. METHOD:An adaption of the nine steps recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology were utilised. Following establishment of the Guideline Development Committee (GDC), we identified the population, intervention, comparator, o

SUBMITTER: O'Brien S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5809867 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature