Background In December 2019, a pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
emerged in Wuhan, China and has rapidly spread around the world since then. Aim This …

Infection prevention and control measures to control the spread of COVID-19 are
challenging to implement in many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This is …

There is little understanding about what proportion of the target audience have read
guidelines published through the traditional approach. The COVID-19 pandemic created a …

In 2011, the United States-based Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined clinical practice
guidelines as “statements that include recommendations, intended to optimize patient care …

Keywords: clinical practice guidelines; living guidelines; living systematic reviews;
systematic reviews EN clinical practice guidelines living guidelines living systematic reviews …

Background At the start of the COVID‐19 pandemic, guidance was needed more than ever
to direct frontline healthcare and national containment strategies. Rigorous guidance based …

Background. Hundreds of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) clinical practice guidelines
(CPGs) and expert consensus statements have been developed and published since the …

We published rapid advice guidelines and updated guidelines for coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) management on February 6, 2020, and September 4, 2020, respectively. These …

While it is important for the evidence supporting practice guidelines to be current, that is
often not the case. The advent of living systematic reviews has made the concept of “living …

Background Properly implemented evidence-based clinical and public health guidelines
can improve patient outcomes. WHO has been a major contributor to guideline …