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The IRYSS-COPD appropriateness study: objectives, methodology, and description of the prospective cohort
(BioMed Central, 2011-11)
Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often experience exacerbations of the disease that require hospitalization. Current guidelines offer little guidance for identifying patients whose ...
Development of appropriateness explicit criteria for cataract extraction by phacoemulsification
(BioMed Central, 2006-03)
Background: Consensus development techniques were used in the late 1980s to create explicit criteria for the appropriateness of cataract extraction. We developed a new appropriateness of indications tool for cataract ...