ACC/AHA/Physician Consortium 2008 Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter
| Autor: | Sam J.W. Romeo, Hugh Calkins, Jonathan L. Halperin, Albert L. Waldo, N.A. Mark Estes, Michael D. Ezekowitz, James L. Ritchie, Paul Gitman, Alan S. Go, Robert L. McNamara, Joseph V. Messer, D. George Wyse |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Circulation. 117:1101-1120 |
| ISSN: | 1524-4539 0009-7322 |
| DOI: | 10.1161/circulationaha.107.187192 |
| Popis: | Consistent with the national focus on healthcare quality, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have developed a multifaceted strategy to facilitate the process of improving clinical care. The first aspect of this effort is the creation of clinical practice guidelines that carefully synthesize available evidence to guide better patient care. Such guidelines are written to suggest diagnostic or therapeutic interventions that apply to patients in most circumstances, but clinical judgment is required to adapt these guidelines to the care of individual patients. The guidelines are based on available evidence, providing varying degrees of recommendation (Table 1). Occasionally, the evidence supporting a particular aspect or process of care is so strong that failure to perform such actions reduces the likelihood of optimum patient outcomes. Table 1. Applying classification of … |
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