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Volume 118, Issue 4, October 2000, Pages 1158-1171
Consensus StatementMedical and Surgical Treatment of Parapneumonic Effusions: An Evidence-Based Guideline
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Choice of Topic, Panel, and Objectives
The HSP is charged by the ACCP Board of Regents to makerecommendations on issues of clinical policy and to oversee preparationof clinical practice guidelines. The HSP solicits nominations fortopics for clinical practice guidelines through an annual survey of the ACCP membership. Criteria for selecting nominated topics are: topicsthat are controversial or have conflicting data; topics that have widevariability in practice; conditions in which diagnosis and managementof disease could be
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