clinical guideline
KLIN-ih-kul GYD-lyn
ˈklɪnɪkəl ˈɡaɪdlaɪnListen
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a systematically developed statement that assists practitioners and patients in making decisions about appropriate healthcare for specific clinical circumstances, produced by professional organisations, government health agencies, or specialist bodies through a formal process of evidence review and expert consensus; clinical guidelines translate research evidence into practical recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, and are intended to reduce inappropriate variation in clinical practice and improve the quality and consistency of care; guidelines may be evidence-based (grading recommendations by the quality of supporting evidence), consensus-based, or hybrid; they are distinct from clinical protocols (more prescriptive step-by-step instructions) and from care pathways (multidisciplinary management plans); practitioners are expected to exercise judgment in applying guidelines to individual patients whose circumstances may differ from those of the populations studied
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