A Critical Review of the Quality of Cough Clinical Practice Guidelines Mei Jiang, PhD, Wei-jie Guan, PhD, Zhang-fu Fang, PhD, Yan-qing Xie, PhD, Jia-xing Xie, PhD, Hao Chen, MD, Dang Wei, MD, Ke-fang Lai, MD, Nan-shan Zhong, MD CHEST Volume 150, Issue 4, Pages 777-788 (October 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.04.028 Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flowchart of cough guideline search and selection. CPGs = clinical practice guidelines. CHEST 2016 150, 777-788DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.04.028) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Distribution of the strength of recommendation across different types of recommendations. The figures above the columns indicate the items of recommendations. UG = ungraded. CHEST 2016 150, 777-788DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.04.028) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Comparison of the quality of cough clinical practice guideline with other guidelines. AGREE = Appraisal for Research Guidelines Evaluation. CHEST 2016 150, 777-788DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2016.04.028) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions