• 1. Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050031, China;
  • 2. Department of Medical Service, Children's Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050031, China;
FENGChao, Email: 158037021@qq.com
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Objective To systematically review the methodological quality of guidelines on the management of bronchiolitis in children, then to compare the recommendations and to provide a reference for clinical use. Methods Guidelines concerning bronchiolitis were electronically retrieved in CNKI, VIP, WanFang Data, CBM, PubMed, EMbase, Medlive, GIN (Guidelines International Network), CGC (China Guideline Chearinghouse), NGC (National Guideline Clearinghouse), AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics), NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) and WHO (World Health Organization) from inception to December 2015. The methodological quality of included guidelines were evaluated according to the AGREE II instrument, and the differences between recommendations were compared. Results Eight guidelines on bronchiolitis were included, Among them, one guideline was developed by UK, two by US, one by Spain, two by Australia, one by Scottish and one by South Africa. Five of them were evidence-based (EB) guidelines, and 3 were non-EB guidelines. Domain 4 (clarity of presentation) showed the highest scores (81%), then scope and purpose (74%), stakeholder involvement (56%), rigor of development (52%), editorial independence (43%), and scores (42%) were the lowest in domain 3 (applicability). The recommendations of managements and medicines for bronchiolitis were basically consistent, but there were individual differences suggested. Conclusion In these guidelines, the domain score better is "clarity of presentation" and "scope and purpose ", but the other areas should need to improve. Current our country only has an expert consensus of bronchiolitis, which should be further improved. It's urgent to develop evidence-based guidelines which conforms to the situation of our country, in order to make evidence-based medicine implementation in clinical practice.

Citation: DINGXiang-yu, FENGChao, ZHANGGu-ying, ZHAOYue. Systematic Review of Guidelines on the Management of Bronchiolitis in Children. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(10): 1207-1215. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160183 Copy

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