079 - Evidence-based recommendations for physiological pregnancy care: the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) model

Clinical practice guidelines represent an established tool for improving the outcome of care. Adoption and adaptation of guidelines produced by other health agencies can facilitate the production of recommendations for clinical practice. This paper describes the rationale and the methodology of the adaptation process applied by the Sistema Nazionale Linee Guida (SNLG) of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) and one of its collaborative centres, the Centro per la Valutazione dell’Efficacia dell’Assistenza Sanitaria (CeVEAS), to elaborate evidence-based recommendations for the care of physiological pregnancy. Key-words: pregnancy, guidelines, recommendations,evidence-based medicine, adaptation process.