Applicability of clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation in traumatic brain injury in disaster settings: A critical appraisal

Abstract

Introduction/Background To provide an overview of recommendations and quality of existing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) focusing on rehabilitation medicine; and synthesise recommendations from these for applicability in disaster settings. Material and method Comprehensive literature search including health databases, CPG clearinghouse/developer websites, and grey literature using Internet search engines to September 2017. All TBI CPGs published in the last decade were selected if their scope included: management of TBI, systematic methods for evidence search, clear defined recommendations and supporting evidence for rehabilitation interven..