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Allergic rhinitis and the patient with asthma
Treat allergic rhinitis to manage asthma
Diagnosis
Patterns of allergic rhinitis
Management I
Management II
Management III
Management IV
Review
Levels of evidences
References
Content created Sep 2006
Content updated Sep 2006


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NextBackLevels of evidence

I evidence obtained from a systematic review of all relevant randomised controlled trials.
II evidence obtained from at least one properly designed randomised controlled trial.
III-1 evidence obtained from well-designed pseudo-randomised controlled trials (alternate allocation or some other method).
III-2 evidence obtained from comparative studies with concurrent controls and allocation not randomized (cohort studies), case-control studies, or interrupted time series with a control group.
III-3  evidence obtained from comparative studies with historical control, two or more single-arm studies, or interrupted time series without a parallel control group.
IV evidence obtained from case series, either post-test or pre-test and post-test.

 

These levels of evidence ratings have been adapted from US Preventive Services Task Force (1989), Guide to clinical preventive services: an assessment of the effectiveness of 169 interventions, (ed M Fisher), Williams and Williams, Baltimore, Appendix A, p388.

Source: NHMRC A guide to the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical practice guidelines.

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