Developing clinical practice guidelines: reviewing, reporting, and publishing guidelines; updating guidelines; and the emerging issues of enhancing guideline implementability and accounting for comorbid conditions in guideline development

Table 1 Advantages of external review of a guideline

(1) Checking the accuracy, comprehensiveness, and balance of the scientific evidence
(2) Checking the validity of the rationale for recommendations
(3) Feedback on the clarity and feasibility of recommendations
(4) Engagement of stakeholders