Quality of Australian clinical guidelines and relevance to  the care of older people with multiple comorbid conditions

Tatoulis, James; Huang, Nancy P; Boyden, Andrew N

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02504.x

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To the Editor: The National Heart Foundation of Australia believes the study by Vitry and Zhang on the quality of Australian clinical guidelines1 is useful and raises two important questions:

1 National Heart Foundation of Australia, Melbourne, VIC.
2 National Heart Foundation of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

Correspondence: leva.azadi@heartfoundation.org.au

1. Vitry AI, Zhang Y. Quality of Australian clinical guidelines and relevance to the care of older people with multiple comorbid conditions. Med J Aust 2008; 189: 360-365. <MJA full text>
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4. National Heart Foundation of Australia, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Reducing risk in heart disease 2007. Guidelines for preventing cardiovascular events in people with coronary heart disease. Updated 2008. http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/A%20 RR%20RRIHD%202008Update%20Guideline%20pdf .pdf (accessed Feb 2009).
5. iSource National Breast Cancer Centre. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of early breast cancer: second edition. Canberra: National Health and Medical Research Council, 2001. http://www.nbcc.org.au/bestpractice/resources/CPG124_clinicalpracticeguid.pdf (accessed Feb 2009).

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