Clinical practice guidelines: how do they help clinicians and patients make important decisions about health?

Ferreira1,2, Juliana Carvalho; Patino1,3, Cecilia Maria

doi:10.1590/1806-3713/e20190321

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Clinical practice guidelines: how do they help clinicians and patients make important decisions about health?

Diretrizes de prática clínica: como elas ajudam médicos e pacientes a tomar decisões importantes sobre saúde?

Juliana Carvalho Ferreira1,2, Cecilia Maria Patino1,3

DOI: 10.1590/1806-3713/e20190321

1. Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Operations Research-MECOR-program, American Thoracic Society/Asociación Latinoamericana del Tórax, Montevideo, Uruguay.
2. Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP) Brasil.
3. Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
a. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6548-1384; b. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5742-2157