RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 British Thoracic Society guideline for the use of long-term macrolides in adults with respiratory disease
JF BMJ Open Respiratory Research
JO BMJ Open Resp Res
FD British Thoracic Society
SP e000489
DO 10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000489
VO 7
IS 1
A1 David Smith
A1 Ingrid A Du Rand
A1 Charlotte Addy
A1 Timothy Collyns
A1 Simon Hart
A1 Philip Mitchelmore
A1 Najib Rahman
A1 Ravijyot Saggu
YR 2020
UL http://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000489.abstract
AB The full British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline for the use of long-term macrolides in adults with respiratory disease is published in Thorax. The following is a summary of the recommendations and good practice points. The sections referred to in the summary refer to the full guideline. The appendices are available in the full guideline and online appendices are available on the BTS website. This is the first BTS guideline to use the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach as part of the process of guideline development and the guideline was used to pilot the new methodology.