GAO Yicheng, YU Zijin, WANG Yaqi, FANG Rui, WANG Cheng, LI Yuanyuan, DENG Yingjie, BAI Xue, XIANG Wenyuan, FEI Yutong. Clinical Questions Construction in Clinical Practice Guidelines: Based on Case-guided Approach[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2025, 16(1): 198-203. DOI: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2024-0017
Citation: GAO Yicheng, YU Zijin, WANG Yaqi, FANG Rui, WANG Cheng, LI Yuanyuan, DENG Yingjie, BAI Xue, XIANG Wenyuan, FEI Yutong. Clinical Questions Construction in Clinical Practice Guidelines: Based on Case-guided Approach[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2025, 16(1): 198-203. DOI: 10.12290/xhyxzz.2024-0017

Clinical Questions Construction in Clinical Practice Guidelines: Based on Case-guided Approach

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Key Research and Development Program of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2021B03006-4

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  • Corresponding author:

    FEI Yutong, E-mail: yutong_fei@163.com

  • Received Date: January 08, 2024
  • Accepted Date: May 05, 2024
  • Available Online: December 20, 2024
  • Publish Date: December 19, 2024
  • Issue Publish Date: January 29, 2025
  • Currently, there are practical and technical difficulties in the construction of clinical questions in the development of clinical practice guidelines. Clinicians or guideline developers seldom construct clinical questions based the actual case scenario, leading to some information loss between structured and actual clinical connotation. To overcome this challenge, we proposed a case-guided questions construction approach, and carried out case research and verification in the formulation of the guideline. We found that this method could more efficiently and scientifically assist the formulation of clinical questions, and provide reference for clinicians or guideline developers.

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