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

Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Cecilia Maria Patino
2019 Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia  
In 2017, a clinical practice guideline (CPG) about the use of mechanical ventilation in adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sponsored by three medical societies, recommended the use of lower tidal volumes (4-8 mL/kg of predicted body weight) and lower inspiratory pressures (plateau pressure < 30 cmH 2 O). The CPG classified this recommendation as "strong" and with "moderate confidence in effect estimates". (1)
doi:10.1590/1806-3713/e20190321 pmid:31618293 fatcat:65mlcerbsnfnjnbpj6zdyfv2qe