What Does “Grading the Evidence” Mean in Evidence-Based Practice?

When reviewing a clinical practice guideline (CPG) or systematic review (SR) with practice recommendations, you'll notice two scales that are used in conjunction with each practice recommendation offered: a levels of evidence scale and a grading scale.   I talked about levels of evidence (LOE) hierarchies in last week's post. This



 

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