International journal of technology assessment in health care
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Int J Technol Assess Health Care · Jan 2008
ReviewAnalysis of the quality of clinical practice guidelines on established ischemic stroke.
To catalogue and comparatively assess the quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for ischemic stroke taking into account format and development methodology. ⋯ The overall quality of the CPGs published for ischemic stroke management did not have minimum methodological quality. Quality improvement has been observed in more recent CPGs and may be due to the publication of new tools such as the AGREE or CPP instruments, as well as international initiatives for CPG improvement.