Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively? A systematic review



Prayle, Andrew P, Cox, Tessy, Smith, Sherie J, Rycroft-Malone, Joanne, Thomas, Kim S, Hughes, Dyfrig A ORCID: 0000-0001-8247-7459 and Smyth, Alan R
(2018) Do guidelines for treating chest disease in children use Cochrane Reviews effectively? A systematic review. THORAX, 73 (7). pp. 670-673.

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Abstract

Cochrane Reviews summarise best evidence and should inform guidelines. We assessed the use of Cochrane Reviews in the UK guidelines for paediatric respiratory disease. We found 21 guidelines which made 1025 recommendations, of which 96 could be informed by a Cochrane Review. In 38/96 recommendations (40%), some or all of the relevant Cochrane Reviews were not cited. We linked recommendations to 140 Cochrane Reviews. In 37/140 (26%) cases, the guideline recommendation did not fully agree with the Cochrane Review. Guideline developers may fail to use Cochrane Reviews or may make recommendations which are not in line with best evidence.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Asthma Guidelines, Paediatric Lung Disaese
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2019 11:38
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 01:06
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-208790
Open Access URL: https://thorax.bmj.com/content/thoraxjnl/73/7/670....
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3031671